Global labour leaders unveiled at Headquarters today a comprehensive, multipronged strategy aimed at tackling the global youth unemployment crisis, which has already put 75 million young people worldwide on the unemployment line and forced more than 200 million to work for less than $2 a day. Juan Somavía Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), said […]
Stresses Need for Solidarity with Victims, as Biennial Review Concludes; Also, Assembly President Makes Solemn Appeal for Observance of Olympic Truce Culminating its third biennial review of the 2006 United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the General Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution renewing its unwavering commitment to strengthening international cooperation to prevent and combat all […]
Members Hear Briefing by Special Representative Of Secretary-General, African Union Chair?s Special Envoy on LRA Issues Demanding an immediate end to the atrocities perpetrated by the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa, the Security Council today encouraged all Governments in the subregion to work together, through a recently launched regional initiative, to fight the […]
The Security Council today decided to increase the size of the group of experts attached to its committee monitoring the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), which aims to keep weapons of mass destruction and their components out of the hands of terrorists and other non-State actors. Through resolution 2055 (2012), adopted unanimously by the 15‑member body, […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Human Rights Film Festival screening of Call Me Kuchu, delivered by Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, in New York on 28 June: The film you are about to see tells the story of a group of brave, committed men and women who stand […]
The high-level segment of this year?s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) substantive session will focus on productive capacity, employment, decent work and development cooperation, the President of that main United Nations organ said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?Our goal is to spotlight sustainable economic growth models, which not only promise job creation,? said […]
Fashion design and production could provide a major platform for sustainable development in Africa, the Secretary-General?s Millennium Development Goals Advocate said today at a Headquarters press conference to introduce Fashion 4 Development, an initiative created with the aim of mobilizing the industry to support attainment of the targets. ?I believe that the fashion industry […]
Assembly Begins Third Review of 2006 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; Also Adopts Resolution on ?Day of Happiness? Introduced by Bhutan?s Representative Calling for coordinated action and results, the President of the General Assembly today urged Member States to accelerate implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the wide-ranging framework adopted in 2006 to defeat what delegations […]
The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend until 30 June 2013 the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), reaffirming its priority of protection of civilians and urging Congolese authorities to reform their security sector and end armed insurgencies and abuse of human rights in […]
Peacekeeping Head: Reinforces Message That Transition Does Not Mean ?Abandonment?; UNODC Executive Director: Drugs, Crime Can Undermine Attempts to Address Challenges Commitments affirmed in recent international conferences to long-term support to Afghanistan beyond the 2014 date for transition to national leadership, particularly in the security sector, were critical for the future stability of the country […]
