United Nations

UN Information Services Showing New Agility in Support of Organization?s Goals, Communications Chief Tells Information Committee at Opening of Annual Session

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 24 min. de leitura

Urging Public Information Department Not to Compromise on Responsibilities Amid Belt Tightening, Kiyo Akasaka Looks to Member States to Fashion Effective Mandates To best support United Nations initiatives in peace, development and human rights at a time of financial austerity, information services were developing a ?new agility? through broad collaborations and the use of a […]

United Nations

Economic and Social Council Fills 16 Subsidiary-body Vacancies, Voting by Acclamation, Secret Ballot in Resumed Organizational Session

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 11 min. de leitura

  In a resumed organizational session today, the Economic and Social Council filled vacancies on 16 of its subsidiary bodies, electing most of the new members by acclamation and holding three secret ballots. Secret ballots were held to elect a total of seven members ? Australia, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Mexico and the United States ? […]

United Nations

At Event, Secretary-General Praises Remarkable Resilience, Inspirational Courage of People of Chernobyl on 25th Anniversary of Explosion That ‘Shook the World’

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twentieth International Conference on Health and Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, in New York, 26 April: I am here to deliver remarks on behalf of the Secretary-General, who travelled last week to Kyiv, where he joined in commemorating the […]

United Nations

Secretary-General Says Chernobyl Anniversary Time for Global Action to Ensure Nuclear Power Plants ?Sources of Peaceful Energy ? Not Potential Catastrophe?

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the General Assembly?s special commemorative meeting in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, in New York, 26 April: It is one thing to read about Chernobyl, another to see it for yourself. Anyone visiting that infamous site, as I did last week, will be profoundly […]

United Nations

Committee on Information’s Thirty-Third Session to be Held at Headquarters, 27 April – 6 May

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 9 min. de leitura

  The thirty-third annual session of the Committee on Information, the intergovernmental body charged with reviewing progress in the field of United Nations public information, will be held at Headquarters from 27 April to 6 May. During the two-week session, delegations are expected to undertake a wide-ranging review of the Department of Public Information and its three […]

United Nations

Press Conference on World Malaria Day

• por Notícias
• 27 de abril de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

  While immense progress had been made in the fight against malaria over the last five years, the goal of near-zero deaths from the highly preventable and treatable disease by 2015 still faced many hurdles, Ray Chambers, the Secretary-General?s Special Envoy for Malaria, said today. Speaking at a Headquarters press conference to mark World Malaria […]

United Nations

Disarmament Commission Failed to Capitalize on Momentum Created by Achievements of 2010, Says Chairman as Session Concludes

• por Notícias
• 24 de abril de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

Delegates Express Regret over ?Paralysis? while Nuclear Threat Still Looms The Disarmament Commission had failed to capitalize on the momentum created by a host of achievements in the disarmament field of during 2010, Hamid al-Bayati ( Iraq), its Chairman, said today as the body concluded its twelfth consecutive fruitless substantive session. ?The Commission? missed a […]

United Nations

Stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Persists, ?Bold and Decisive? Steps Needed to Resolve Conflict, United Nations Political Head Tells Security Council

• por Notícias
• 21 de abril de 2011
• 1 horas de leitura

Palestine Observer Welcomes Strong Support for State-Building Initiative; Israel Says Peace Cannot Be Imposed, Must Come through Return to Direct Negotiations Unfortunately, the stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations had persisted over the past month and, with the state-building efforts of the Palestinians progressing, ?bold and decisive steps? were needed to resolve the decades-old conflict, a top […]

United Nations

Security Council Presidential Statement, Reiterating Concern over Continuing Sudan Violence, Urges Parties to Engage on Future United Nations Presence

• por Notícias
• 21 de abril de 2011
• 8 min. de leitura

  The Security Council expressed strong support today for efforts to further the peace processes in South Sudan and Darfur, while reiterating deep concern about obstacles and continuing violence in both regions and encouraging all parties concerned to engage with the United Nations on the Organization?s future presence in Sudan. In a statement read out […]

United Nations

Disarmament Commission Failed to Capitalize on Momentum Created by Achievements of 2010, Says Chairman as Session Concludes

• por Notícias
• 21 de abril de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

Delegates Express Regret over ?Paralysis? while Nuclear Threat Still Looms The Disarmament Commission had failed to capitalize on the momentum created by a host of achievements in the disarmament field of during 2010, Hamid al-Bayati ( Iraq), its Chairman, said today as the body concluded its twelfth consecutive fruitless substantive session. ?The Commission? missed a […]