Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Women’s Day forum on “Investing in Women and Entrepreneurship”, in New York, 8 March: I can think of few better ways to mark International Women’s Day than to gather to commit our collective power to investing in women’s empowerment. One hundred years ago, when […]
Closing its deliberations today, the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the nineteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development adopted its report, which included a draft negotiating document for the Commission?s consideration in May. The draft negotiating document contained suggestions for policy options and actions needed in the implementation of the five themes of the […]
As Ongoing Negotiations on Agreed Conclusions Force Suspension Of Work, Body Looks to Resume Fifty-Fifth Session at Later Date The Commission on the Status of Women today adopted two resolutions on mainstreaming gender equality in climate change policies and strategies, and women and the girl child and HIV/AIDS, and approved one text, by roll-call […]
The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization today elected additional members of its bureau, as it continued its 2011 session, which runs at Headquarters from 28 February to 9 March. By acclamation, Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh of Iran, nominated by the Asian Group, […]
Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang called today for collective action to address rising social tensions, ecological pressures and economic crisis, as representatives from around the world gather to prepare for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012, with a preparatory meeting in New York […]
As delegates geared up for next year?s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Secretary-General of that event called on them today to use that gathering to take collective action to save societies from mounting social tensions, ecological damage and the global economic crisis. ?I hope […]
The United Nations and its international humanitarian partner agencies were steadily ramping up efforts to assist civilians affected by violent clashes in Libya, the Organization?s Emergency Relief Coordinator said during a Headquarters press conference today, just hours before she headed to North Africa to assess the situation first-hand. Valerie Amos, who is also the […]
Intergovernmental Meeting also Considers Interlinkages among Focal Themes ?Too many people use money they don?t have to buy things they don?t need to impress people they don?t like,? the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the nineteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development heard today as it considered the elaboration of a 10-year framework of […]
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations resumed its work this afternoon to adopt the final report on the work of its 2011 regular session, which ran at Headquarters from 31 January to 9 February. Introducing the report (document E/2011/32 (Part 1)), Marghoob Saleem Butt ( Pakistan), the Committee?s Rapporteur, said that the document was a product of […]
As Commission Heads into Last Day of Two-Week Session Delegations Prepare Agreed Conclusions on Equal Access to Education Forced into early marriage and trafficked into sometimes life-threatening situations, girls around the world suffered some of the most severe forms of gender discrimination and abuse, civil society representatives told the Commission on the Status of […]
