Nearly half of the 145 journalists placed behind bars in 2010 found themselves in Chinese and Iranian prisons, making those two countries among the most dangerous for journalists working around the world, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists said today at a United Nations Headquarters press conference. A fresh example of the […]
Inspired by the International Year of Reconciliation, 2009, a Madrid-based non-governmental organization announced today that its international school award competition for 2011 would aim to teach children around the world about the importance of peace and reconciliation in resolving conflicts. “We wanted to do something special about peace,” Joaquín Antuña, President of Peace and […]
In Day-long Debate, Speakers Underline Importance Of Ensuring Coherence, Coordinated Action among United Nations, Other Actors The Security Council stressed today the need to take into account the economic and social dimensions of conflict, in addition to the political factors of maintaining international peace and security, as more than 60 speakers, including Government ministers, the […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti ( Brazil): The members of the Security Council were briefed by Under-Secretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe and by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, and Chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Marty Natalegawa, on the situation […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: As Lebanon marks the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack that took the lives of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others, the Secretary-General stands with the people of Lebanon in commemorating the life and achievements of Mr. Hariri and […]
The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, which erupted in exchanges of fire earlier this month, must be resolved through bilateral negotiations, Thailand?s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said at a Headquarters news conference today. ?We must use negotiations at all levels to move forward,? Mr. Kasit said following a private morning meeting of the Security […]
Stressing that social security was a human right, a senior International Labour Organization (ILO) official today spotlighted the issue of social protection and its importance in poverty eradication at a Headquarters press conference on a United Nations-backed programme aimed at promoting investment in and access to essential services and social transfers for poor and […]
As Member States discussed ways to envelop the pressing needs of an ageing population that could reach 1.6 billion in the developing world by 2050, the Commission on Social Development today heard three experts lay out ways in which social protection measures could shield individuals and their families from the most severe economic shocks […]
In Day-long Debate, Speakers Underline Importance Of Ensuring Coherence, Coordinated Action among United Nations, Other Actors The Security Council stressed today the need to take into account the economic and social dimensions of conflict, in addition to the political factors of maintaining international peace and security, as more than 60 speakers, including Government ministers, the […]
UN Expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty, Special Rapporteur on Disability Address Commission, as Discussion Centres on Deeply Challenged Population Segments Warning of the social costs to economic growth, such as social unrest and protests, and exclusion of the most vulnerable segments of society, the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and […]
