UN hails Human Rights Declaration as tool for conflict and poverty prevention
As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) this year, the United Nations General Assembly […]
Month: September 2018
Shun unilateral action, embrace multilateralism, Namibian President urges at UN Assembly
Warning that the world seems to be drifting away from dialogue and towards unilateral action – at great peril to very fundamental tenets of democracy […]
Violence against the LGBTI community: UN focuses on ‘need to challenge hatred’
As the United Nations celebrates 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a high-level event on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings of lesbian, […]
‘Humanity cries for justice’, ICC President says, underscoring importance of Criminal Court
Amidst a slew of high-level events at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]
‘Humanity cries for justice’, ICC President says, underscoring importance of Criminal Court
Amidst a slew of high-level events at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]
‘Surge in financing’ needed to transform the world: UN chief
A “surge in financing and investments” is needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda, the United Nations plan of action agreed by Member States, to transform […]
Private business must be a ‘driving force’ for securing peace, curbing climate change: Guterres
The rate of sustainable development is “too slow” and private business has a major role to play in speeding it up, while also slowing the […]
Global spotlight on world drug problem ‘is personal’ for many families, says UN chief
The United Nations focused a global spotlight on the world-wide drug problem during a high-level counter-narcotics event on Monday in which Secretary-General António Guterres flagged that […]
Europe and Eurasia: Deputy Secretary Sullivan Co-Hosts UNGA Side Event on Human Trafficking With U.K. Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt and Six Other Governments
http://internationalpeoplesearch.com Readout Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC September 24, 2018 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Deputy Secretary John J. Sullivan today […]
Deaf advocate voices importance of sign languages as UN marks first commemoration
Nyle DiMarco is just a foreigner speaking a different language. That’s how the actor, model and advocate introduces himself to people who have not met […]