At a Headquarters press conference today Members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, both past and present, called on indigenous peoples everywhere to persevere, remain optimistic and remember that, while they have made much progress in the five years since the Indigenous Rights Declaration had been adopted, a lot of work […]
Adopts Report with 9 Consensus Texts, Including Recommendations on Theme, 2014 World Conference, Intellectual Property, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights Lamenting the enduring manifestations of the ?Doctrine of Discovery? and other morally condemnable, socially unjust and racist policies used for centuries by colonizers as legal justification to disenfranchise indigenous peoples and seize their lands, the Permanent […]
Unanimously Adopts Resolution 2048; Calls for Military Command to Return Soldiers to Barracks, Relinquish Positions, Allow Electoral Process to Continue Deploring the continuing refusal of coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau to reinstate legitimate authority in the country, the Security Council this afternoon imposed targeted sanctions against them, establishing a new monitoring committee and requesting the […]
Urges Leaders to ?Take the Best of Your Insights and Ideas, Turn Them into Real-Life Action to Improve People?s Lives and Prospects? Deeply concerned over the slow pace of global economic recovery and the risk of another recession, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Governments to strengthen their resolve to achieve sustainable […]
On 18 May 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council […]
?We Need Nothing Less than a Revolution in Our Thinking about Foundations Of Dynamic Growth, Well-Being of Future Generations?, He Tells Summit Gathering The international community must ?take a collective stand? to create a new global growth model based on stable economies, social equality, decent job opportunities and greater financial regulation to tackle the […]
Also Concludes Discussion on Human Rights The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in a brief meeting this afternoon, considered the draft agenda for its twelfth session, which, if approved, would be held at Headquarters from 20 to 31 May 2013. Before the Permanent Forum was its draft report (document E/C.19/2012/L.7), which contained three draft decisions calling for action […]
Demanding that Sudan and South Sudan demilitarize the disputed Abyei region and resolve a deadlock in putting in place previously agreed administrative arrangements, the Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for the area, known as UNISFA, for six months. Through the unanimous adoption of resolution 2047 […]
(Delayed in transmission.) Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York 16 March: What a wonderful gathering. Ambassador Kim has brought us all together to raise awareness about the United Nations. But, I know I am far […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Global Classrooms Model UN Meeting, ?Youth of the World: Make Some Noise!?, in New York, 17 May: I am a person who likes to go for broke. Unfortunately, I broke my hand last weekend playing soccer. But, nothing could stop me from being here today. I?ve been […]
