The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today that he would seek arrest warrants in the next few weeks for three people as part of his investigation into crimes against humanity committed in Libya since 15 February. He did not disclose their names, but said that the three individuals were deemed “most responsible” […]
Children in the Central African Republic were being abducted, recruited into armed groups and denied humanitarian assistance, according to a new report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, entitled An Uncertain Future? Children and Armed Conflict in the Central African Republic. Outlining findings from the report, which was […]
Says Government Wants Ceasefire Accompanied by Halt to NATO Air Strikes, Transitional National Council Insists on Direct Link to Muammar Al-Qadhafi?s Departure Libyan authorities and opposition forces were ?ready and willing? to implement a ceasefire but on different terms, the Secretary-General?s Envoy to Libya told the Security Council today, with the Government insisting that […]
Support Voiced for Global Field Support Strategy, Reviews of Long-Vacant Posts, Troop Cost Reimbursement Rates to Sustain Ability to Train, Maintain Peacekeepers Speakers lauded last year?s launch of the global field support strategy and called for its further implementation as the General Assembly?s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning considered cross-cutting administrative and […]
Delegates Also Designate 30 July International Day of Friendship Recognizing the importance of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, as well as its benefits to the world body, the General Assembly today adopted a set of modalities granting the delegation of the European Union the right to make interventions, as well as the […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is pleased that United Nations Messenger for Peace Daniel Barenboim and the Orchestra for Gaza, comprising musicians from leading European orchestras, performed a concert of works by Mozart today in Gaza. This cultural event, co-hosted by Palestinian non-governmental […]
The following is a message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as delivered by Ján Kubi?, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), to the Astana Economic Forum, in Kazakhstan, today, 3 May: It gives me a great pleasure to send greetings to the Fourth Astana Economic Forum. Three years ago, when the First […]
The Security Council would take advantage of a slightly lighter workload during May to take a week-long mission to the African continent, Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France, and Council President for the month, told reporters today at Headquarters. With no renewals of significant operations slated for the month, said Mr. Araud, from 20 to […]
At current fertility levels, the world?s population of nearly 7 billion was projected to reach 10.1 billion in the next 90 years, with most of that increase generated by high-fertility countries, Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said at Headquarters today. At a press conference to launch the […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Néstor Osorio ( Colombia): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred in Marrakech, Morocco, on 28 April 2011, causing numerous deaths and injuries. They expressed their deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the […]
