Mauritius Elected Vice President for Assembly?s Sixty-Sixth Session As the General Assembly concluded its debate today on challenges to achieving the human right to water and sanitation in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, delegates shed light on their nations? struggles to resolve the practical implications of that quest. The representative of the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Friendship, to be observed on 30 July: The idea of friendship permeates the work and ideals of the United Nations. The Charter proclaims that one of the purposes of the Organization is “to develop friendly relations among nations”. These same words appear […]
On 28 July 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea added two individuals to the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008): (10) Hassan Mahat […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Haile Menkerios of South Africa as his Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. Having served as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan since 1 March 2010, Mr. Menkerios will continue, in his new capacity, to help the parties reach a negotiated […]
While many Governments were actively pursuing reforms to dismantle legal barriers holding back women?s empowerment, millions of women still faced an uphill battle in the struggle to undo negative stereotypes, lock down property rights and successfully confront sexual harassment in the workplace, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women […]
A year after the General Assembly?s adoption of a landmark resolution on the human right to water and sanitation, President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia appealed to the international community to ensure its availability to all as a public good, rather than a private commodity to be bought and sold. ?Water is life. Water […]
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d?Ivoire today sought to assure the international community that his topmost priority was not to punish or seek revenge against his opponents, but to strengthen State institutions, restore the rule of law, protect the human rights of all Ivorians without distinction, fight against impunity and ensure national reconciliation. Addressing […]
?Water Is the Mother of All Rights,? Says Bolivia?s Leader, Opposing Attempts To Privatize It; Venezuela Says Wrong to Flaunt Resources While Millions Lack Them While some strides had been made to increase access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation ? now regarded as a fundamental human right ? efforts must be redoubled […]
The Palestinian people had completed their two-year state-building programme, fulfilling a substantial part of their ?contract? with the United Nations, and it was now time for the international community to uphold its end of the deal so that they would see the Organization admit their viable and independent State during the General Assembly?s sixty-sixth […]
The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations reported to the Security Council today that the initial rollout of the newly authorized security force for Abyei was under way, with some 500 Ethiopian troops headed to the disputed area straddling Northern and Southern Sudan, the flashpoint for recent violence between the two sides. Briefing Council members […]
