Hears from 49 Speakers on Third Day of Debate; Nigeria : ?Investment in Children Is the Best Investment a Government Can Make? From the reintegration of child soldiers to rural schools-on-wheels and the daily recital of a national pledge, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told today of the many ways in […]
Briefing Security Council, Mission Chief Says More Active Military Posture Only Short-term Solution, Urges Broader, More Comprehensive Strategy The horrific attacks in Democratic Republic of the Congo?s restive North Kivu province in late July and early August, clearly underscored the importance of civilian protection and had provoked a ?major internal review? of the protection […]
Noting with concern the persistence of human rights violations, including sexual violence, in Côte d?Ivoire, the Security Council this morning renewed for six months ending 30 April 2011 its arms embargo and diamond trade ban on the country, as well as targeted sanctions restricting the travel of individuals that threatened the peace process there. By resolution […]
Other Texts Address Drug Office, Crime Congress, Updated Model Strategies; Also Hears 28 More Speakers in Continued Debate on Protection of Child Rights Taking action for the first time during its current session, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today approved a text recommending to the General Assembly the adoption of a resolution setting […]
Three Drafts Introduced, More Discussed, Including on Convention Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons, Reducing Nuclear Danger, Preventing Terrorist Acquisition of Arms A multilateral agreement on nuclear weapons would reflect the belief that such an instrument could prevent the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons and create a climate for negotiating a ban on the […]
The United Nations Board of Auditors held its sixty-fourth regular session during the period 19-21 July to review and approve the audit reports of the Board which are due to be tabled during the current session of the General Assembly and other legislative/governing bodies. A total of 24 reports were discussed and approved, 18 of which […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the opening today of the crossing point at Limnitis/Yeşilırmak in Cyprus, which he trusts will lead to increased interaction and cooperation between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. He congratulates both communities and their leadership for […]
The following statement was issued on 13 October by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Today, we join with the people of Chile and the families of these heroic miners to celebrate this extraordinary triumph of human ingenuity and the strength of the human spirit. They worked together and never gave up, and we can all learn from […]
Recognizing that the global economic crisis had made it difficult for some Member States to hand over their contributions on time, the United Nations senior management official told correspondents today that the United States was responsible for 88 per cent of the outstanding $787 million in assessed contributions earmarked for the regular budget. Angela Kane, Under-Secretary-General […]
In a press conference at Headquarters today, Mazlan Othman, Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs and Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, gave an overview of work being done on the peaceful uses of outer space through the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee). The breadth and depth […]
