More naval ships and aircraft were needed to confront Somali-based pirates who were expanding their area of operations into the Indian Ocean and, possibly, working in collaboration with terrorist groups, the Chairman of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia said today at a Headquarters press conference. Speaking after a closed […]
Members Hear Call to Broaden Battle beyond Naval Force As Head of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Outlines Programme The menace of piracy off the coast of Somalia was outpacing international efforts to stem it, B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, told the Security Council today, emphasizing: ?Warships alone will not […]
The General Assembly, through elections and appointments, today filled vacancies in the Committee for Programme and Coordination, the main subsidiary body of the Assembly and the Economic and Social Council for such work, as well as in the Committee on Conferences, which advises the Assembly on all matters pertaining to the organization of United […]
This is the text of remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today at the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: It is an honour to address this historic First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, here in hospitable […]
This is the text of a message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s for World Diabetes Day, to be observed 14 November: World Diabetes Day highlights the need for action by Governments and their partners to address a chronic, debilitating and costly disease. The World Health Organization predicts that diabetes deaths could double between 2005 and […]
This is the text of remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today at the opening ceremony of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: I am honoured to be here for the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner from 2003 Shirin Ebadi said today that the international community should impose political sanctions and ?make the world smaller? for violators of human rights, at a Headquarters press conference on the situation of human rights in Iran. Introducing Ms. Ebadi of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) was the Federation?s […]
Concerned about Slump in Funding, Officials Blame Global Economic Crisis for Slashing of Contributions by Major Donors Twenty-one Member States pledged approximately $470 million today at an event in support of United Nations development activities for 2011. Opening the 2010 Pledging Conference, Nikhil Seth, Director of the Office of Economic and Social Council Support […]
IAEA Chief Says Body is More Than ?Simply World?s Nuclear Watchdog,? Highlights Work in Nuclear Energy, Science, Medicine, Technical Cooperation In his first address to the General Assembly, the new head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today he aimed to change the widespread perception of the Vienna-based body as simply the […]
As Long as Special Committee Prejudges Israel’s Culpability, Says Speaker, Israel Will Refuse to Cooperate; Others Say ‘Logic of Force’, Not ‘Force of Law’ Prevails The international community needed to prevent a total collapse of the direct negotiations on the Palestinian track, and an end to the occupation and the return of refugees could […]
