The rule of law will take centre stage at United Nations Headquarters next week, as Heads of State and Government gather for the first-ever high-level General Assembly meeting on that topic, and for the 2012 Treaty Event to be held under the same theme, experts involved in those initiatives said at a press conference […]
Special Representative Jan Kubi? Briefs; Afghan Foreign Minister: Country ?Increasingly Taking Full Charge of Its Destiny? The recent series of high-level meetings in Chicago, Kabul and Tokyo had ?redefined and reinvigorated? the long term partnership between Afghanistan and the world community, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative told the Security Council this afternoon. ?I am encouraged […]
Subsidiary Body?s Report Details Activities from 12 June to 12 September Tougher sanctions and deeper diplomatic efforts would be essential in settling differences over Iran?s nuclear programme, Security Council members heard today during a briefing by the head of its sanctions committee on that country. Néstor Osorio (Colombia), who chairs the ?1737 Committee? ? […]
Resolution 2068 (2012) Passes by 11 Votes in Favour, 0 Against, 4 Abstentions The Security Council today stated its readiness to adopt targeted sanctions against parties that persistently violated the rights of children in armed conflict, strongly condemning their recruitment, killing, maiming, sexual abuse, abduction and denial of aid, as well as attacks on […]
National institutions that create trust between citizens and the State by delivering political inclusion, security, justice and jobs are the most effective guard against conflict. ?Peacebuilding requires great flexibility, and approaches tailored to a given situation. Civilian capacities are crucially important, and we are taking steps to be able to deploy the right experts […]
The three winners of a speechwriting contest organized jointly by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) of the Department of Public Information and the Brookings Institution will be at Headquarters on 21 September to meet with the Secretary-General. The top three winners are Sevgi Ceyda Sairoglu from Sabanci University in Turkey, Chwala Wallace from […]
Homi Kharas, a national of Pakistan was appointed today as Lead Author and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretary-General?s High-level Panel on the global development agenda beyond 2015, which is co-chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom. […]
Solutions to bridge the massive gap in access to sustainable energy between the global North and South ? particularly solutions emanating from the South ? would be showcased at an innovative international expo in November, experts involved in organizing the event said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?Without access to reliable, affordable energy, […]
Amid warnings by a new United Nations report that significant development gains worldwide risked backsliding due to the slowdown in providing aid, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for a stronger global partnership to advance progress towards poverty eradication, sustainable growth and other development targets that world leaders had pledged to achieve by 2015. ?The report […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 19 September: Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to have this opportunity, as we have just begun the General Assembly’s sixty-seventh session yesterday. Thank you for being here — and thank you for […]
