Stevie Wonder, the popular singer and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, promised to use his creative talents in support of the United Nations mission and persons with disabilities during a press conference at Headquarters today. ?I?ll sing songs, speak on it and sing about it,? he said, after a ceremony during which he was designated a United […]
The theme of the annual school award presented by the Spanish non-governmental organization Peace and Cooperation will be ?Take care of your planet?, that organization?s president Joaquín Antuña announced at Headquarters today, four days before the United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Copenhagen. The competition for the award, which each year focuses on different […]
Stevie Wonder, the popular singer and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, promised to use his creative talents in support of the United Nations mission and persons with disabilities during a press conference at Headquarters today. ?I?ll sing songs, speak on it and sing about it,? he said, after a ceremony during which he was designated a United […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, today, 3 December, in New York: I am delighted to join you to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, known […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, today, 3 December, in New York: It is a pleasure and a privilege to introduce our newly designated United Nations Messenger of Peace, Mr. Stevie Wonder. It is no wonder why we are so excited today to have Mr. Wonder as a United […]
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved by consensus today three draft resolutions relating, respectively, to sustainable mountain development, cyber security and landlocked developing countries. By terms of the text on landlocked developing countries, the General Assembly would express concern that the economic growth of those countries remained very susceptible to external shocks, and […]
Chairman Warns Three-Year-Old Commission Still Underutilized, Says Council, Other UN Bodies, Should Take Better Advantage of Its Potential The Peacebuilding Commission was the central intergovernmental body mandated with ensuring that the United Nations led in coordinating international efforts to help alleviate the suffering of populations in post-conflict situations, the Commission?s Chairman, Heraldo Muñoz of Chile […]
Other Draft Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly Address Human Rights, Cultural Diversity; International Year for People of African Descent Alarmed at the increase in racist violence and xenophobic ideas in many parts of the world, the General Assembly would express unequivocal condemnation of all forms of racism and racial discrimination by one of five draft […]
Up to 70 per cent of women at some point in their lifetime experienced physical or sexual violence by men, most from someone they knew, which meant that men had a crucial role in ending such abuse — as fathers, friends and decision-makers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a Headquarters press briefing, following […]
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved by consensus today three draft resolutions relating, respectively, to sustainable mountain development, cyber security and landlocked developing countries. By terms of the text on landlocked developing countries, the General Assembly would express concern that the economic growth of those countries remained very susceptible to external shocks, and […]
