It was the Security Council?s responsibility to devise a new strategy to arrest Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir and his aides who had been indicted for serious crimes in Darfur, the International Criminal Court?s top prosecutor said this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference. ?The Court basically fulfilled its mission and defined what happened in […]
With the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil looming, countries were still far from agreeing on a summit declaration or plan of action, a civil society activist said today at a Headquarters press conference. “Only 70 paragraphs out of a total of 329 in the latest draft declaration have […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the parliamentary election to be held in Timor-Leste, 7 July: Dear citizens of Timor-Leste, On 7 July, you will once again have the opportunity to exercise your democratic right, as you choose your country’s new leaders in parliamentary elections. I am very encouraged that the presidential […]
NEW YORK, 4 June (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — A regional workshop on implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) will be hosted by the Government of Lithuania in Vilnius from 5 to 6 June. Officials from countries bordering the Baltic Sea as well as representatives from a number of international, regional and […]
As a deeper understanding of sustainability issues gained momentum around the world, companies of all sectors were stepping up efforts to build environmental and social considerations into management strategies and policies, although much remained to be done to fully realize corporate sustainability and translate commitments into tangible action, correspondents were told at a Headquarters […]
Transparency and intergovernmental coordination for recovery from the economic crisis were the priority of the Mexican presidency of the G-20, the Group of the world’s 20 largest economies, in preparations for the upcoming summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, a representative of the presidency said this morning. “There is need to cooperate and coordinate our […]
As the Security Council navigated ?a very packed schedule? in June, it was critical for the body to maintain ?unswerving support? to international mediation efforts in Syria in the face of terrible recent events, the representative of China, which hold?s the Council presidency for the month, said this afternoon. ?We must send a strong, […]
Issuing its first ever decision in a maritime boundary dispute and rendering an unprecedented advisory opinion on seabed mining, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea had made unprecedented strides in the evolution of international ocean law over the last year, said delegates as the States parties to the 1982 United Nations […]
Deputy Secretary-General: as Consensus Sought, There Was Progress ?on the Ground?; Assembly President: Time for Agreement on Common Understanding, Application to UN With General Assembly delegations gathered to seek common ground on the concept of human security and its possible application in the work of the United Nations, senior officials called for comprehensive, people-centred strategies […]
Negotiators concluded the last round of “Rio+20” preparatory talks in New York on Saturday, making progress that will pave the way for many outcomes and initiatives on major global sustainability issues later this month at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June. The latest round […]
