Despite ?unprecedented gains? in the fight against malaria, especially among children, there was a real danger of slipping back, leading experts in the fight against the disease said at Headquarters today. Briefing at a press conference on the 2012 World Health Organization?s (WHO) World Malaria Report, Ray Chambers, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for […]
Also Takes Up Budget Implications of Resolution on Arms Trade Treaty Conference, Report on Use of Contingency Fund, Financing for Timor-Leste Mission The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon examined revised budgetary estimates for the 2012-2013 cycle related to a diverse array of issues, including sustainable development, decisions of the Human Rights Council, […]
While the overall peace and security situation in Central Africa had remained stable, amid significant progress in economic growth and declining activity by armed groups, violence by militias continued to spill across borders, as devastating attacks by the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) continued to pose grave challenges, the top United Nations official in the region […]
In other Action, adds South Sudan to Least Developed Countries List, Reaffirms Support for Kimberley Process, Welcomes Cooperation with la Francophonie The General Assembly today, acting on the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), drew divided support among its resolutions and decisions on decolonization and issues concerning Israeli practices and the United […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the inauguration of the Olympic Torch Display in New York on 18 December: This exhibit brings back many powerful emotions. July 26 was a memorable and emotional day. I spent the morning in Srebrenica, with mothers of those slain in the horrendous […]
A fundamental, global shift towards coordinated policies focused on boosting jobs and growth was needed to break a vicious cycle of debt, low growth and high unemployment, United Nations economists said this morning during a Headquarters news conference. ?This time around, we?re not very optimistic about the way things are moving,? said Robert Vos, […]
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today began its consideration of the Secretariat?s review of the first year of the 2012-2013 budget cycle, an exercise that this year re-evaluated budget requirements for the current two year-biennium upwards by $263.3 million, or 5.1 per cent, to $5.41 billion. Introducing the Secretary-General?s first performance report on the […]
Resolution among Consensus Texts on Advancing Culture of Peace; Assembly Also Adopts Text on Memorial for Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade Tackling an array of topics that spanned from augmenting civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict to infusing a culture of peace into multilateral relations, the General Assembly today adopted seven consensus resolutions, including […]
Despite ?unprecedented gains? in the fight against malaria, especially among children, there was a real danger of slipping back, leading experts in the fight against the disease said at Headquarters today. Briefing at a press conference on the 2012 World Health Organization?s (WHO) World Malaria Report, Ray Chambers, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for […]
Resolution 2081 (2012) Adopted by 14-0-1 as Russian Federation Abstains The Security Council decided today to extend the terms of office of 21 judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, established in the wake of the Balkans conflicts in the 1990s. It adopted resolution 2081 (2012) by a vote of 14 […]
