Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March: Over the coming decades, feeding a growing global population and ensuring food and nutrition security for all will depend on increasing food production. This, in turn, means ensuring the sustainable use of our most critical finite resource ? […]
?I Will Not Hide My Great Disappointment?, Says Chair, As Delegations Question Each Other?s Good Faith over Collapsed Negotiations Expressing ?deep regret? that the Commission on the Status of Women had failed to adopt the agreed conclusions that traditionally mark the conclusion of its annual sessions, the head of UN-Women today urged delegations to […]
Experts Pose Questions on Press Freedom, Right to Assembly, Says Report ?Stark Contrast? with Outside Assessment; Also Conclude Consideration of Yemen?s Report Following national elections in February, Turkmenistan was poised to move forward with a package of newly implemented laws and legal codes to protect human rights in a broad range of areas, the […]
Economic and Social Council also Launches Updated Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries A well-functioning forum for international cooperation in tax matters was needed to help developing countries mobilize adequate revenues for governance and services in a fair and pro-growth manner, officials and experts told the Economic and Social Council today […]
Delegation Says President Resigned in February, New Constitution Being Drafted; Experts Raise Questions on Broad Amnesty Law, Use of Force against Demonstrators Yemen was ready to start a transparent, positive dialogue about improving its human rights record, after mass uprisings against unemployment, corruption and deteriorating economic prospects had pushed President Ali Abdullah Saleh to […]
On 14 March 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the four entries specified below to 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 resolution 1989 […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the first verdict issued by the International Criminal Court in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. Mr. Lubanga’s conviction for the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 is an important step forward in realising […]
Just hours after the International Criminal Court delivered its first ever verdict ? convicting former warlord Thomas Lubanga of conscripting child soldiers in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ? civil society actors at United Nations Headquarters hailed the decision as sending a powerful message that the Court ?is a strong, credible institution delivering justice […]
Protecting against double taxation on cross-border income, helping developing countries to encourage foreign investment, and combating the “scourges” of tax avoidance and tax evasion were the main priorities of the newest United Nations economic guidance document, said top officials at a Headquarters press conference today. Speaking on the eve of the launch of the […]
Also Takes Up Joint Inspection Unit Reports on: Transparency in Senior Management Appointments, Accountability Frameworks, Enterprise Risk Management As the United Nations top management official this afternoon presented the Secretary-General?s progress report on creating an accountability system within the Secretariat to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), some delegates criticized it for not giving […]
