In a resumed organizational session today, the Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in three of its subsidiary bodies, electing members by secret ballot and by acclamation. Voting by secret ballot, the Council elected Iran to a four-year term on the Commission on Population and Development, beginning today and expiring at the close of […]
A draft resolution concerning the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was introduced today in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) by the representative of Argentina, on behalf of the ?Group of 77? developing countries and China. Introducing the draft (document A/C.5/65/L.37) following a comment by New Zealand?s delegate that […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes today’s arrest of Ratko Mladić, former commander of the army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He commends President [Boris] Tadić and the Serbian authorities for this significant step towards ending impunity for those indicted for […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and the High-Level Panel on Girls’ and Women’s Education for Empowerment and Gender Equality, in Paris on 26 May: I know that this is not the right occasion, but let me say a few words about […]
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its annual regional seminar in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 31 May to 2 June. Within the framework of the Third […]
The world became less peaceful for the third year in a row, chiefly due to a surge in the risk of terrorism and fallout from the wave of civil unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, according to the 2011 Global Peace Index, which also notes that violence cost the world economy more […]
As output growth remained feeble in the developed world, robustly growing emerging economies in Asia and Latin America would continue to drive global economic recovery for the rest of the year and during 2012, United Nations economists said this afternoon during a Headquarters news conference. “We forecast 3.3 per cent growth in 2011, which is […]
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, meeting today to discuss the provisional agenda for its next session, solidified its plans to hold discussions in 2012 on food security, human rights and the session?s proposed special theme, the ?Doctrine of Discovery? ? which some members stressed would be a ?forward thinking? dialogue. The special theme, […]
Decides Dates for 2012 Session: 30 January ? 8 February; 21 ? 30 May Wrapping up what the United Nations Secretariat called one of its ?most successful sessions? since the 1990s, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) adjourned its resumed 2011 session today, having taken note of its draft report, to be adopted at a later date. Chief […]
Special Rapporteur Says Situation ?Direct Result of Policies and Politics? Aimed at Excluding Certain People, as Forum Holds Half-Day Debate on Issue With nearly a billion people living without access to an improved water source and 2.5 billion lacking access to improved sanitation facilities, the world faced a ?true crisis? the Human Rights Council?s Special […]
