NEW YORK, 23 January (Office of Legal Affairs) ? In resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, on oceans and the law of the sea, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to organize activities to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. […]
A new documentary on the life and artwork of a Jewish youth from Prague who died in the Holocaust will be shown at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on 25 January. This special screening of The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, as well as a panel discussion, will take place from 6:30 […]
Calling strongly today for an end to the deadly tit-for-tat violence between two of South Sudan?s main nomadic tribes, the top United Nations official for the fledgling country condemned with equal vigour the ongoing use of hate speech to sow seeds of ethnic division in the flashpoint region of Jonglei. As she briefed correspondents […]
The Security Council this morning decided that an election to fill the vacancy on the International Court of Justice, created by the recent resignation of Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, will take place on 27 April 2012. Resolution 2034 (2012), adopted unanimously, notes with regret that the resignation of Judge Al-Khasawneh took effect on 31 December 2011. According to […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by continuing tensions along the border between Sudan and South Sudan as well as the current oil crisis. This situation indicates a worrying deterioration in the relationship between the two States. The United Nations fully […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: On 19 January 2012, the Royal Government of Cambodia formally notified the Secretary-General of the decision of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia not to appoint the current reserve international Co-Investigating Judge, Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, to the position […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General will host a joint meeting with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities on 23-24 January at the Greentree Estate in Long Island, New York. This is fifth time that the Secretary-General is meeting with […]
No Silencing Cry for Justice, Secretary-General Tells Members during Debate on Rule of Law; ?Repression Only Raises Volume? Emphasizing the importance of the rule of law as one of the key elements of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, the Security Council today pledged its commitment to upholding international law, and reaffirmed its […]
The Security Council this morning decided that an election to fill the vacancy on the International Court of Justice, created by the recent resignation of Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, will take place on 27 April 2012. Resolution 2034 (2012), adopted unanimously, notes with regret that the resignation of Judge Al-Khasawneh took effect on 31 December 2011. According to […]
The United Nations Disarmament Commission, in an organizational meeting today, elected Enrique Roman-Morey of Peru as Chairman of its upcoming three-week substantive session ? slated to run from 2 to 20 April ? as consensus on its provisional agenda remained elusive. Also elected were Danijela Čubrilo ( Serbia) and Łukasz Zieliński ( Poland), as Vice-Chairs representing […]
