The General Assembly on Thursday voted to accept the State of Palestine as a Non-Member Observer State. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 138 nations in favour, to nine against with 41 abstentions. In the resolution, the Assembly affirmed its determination to contribute to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the [...]
The situation in Syria is bad and getting worse but unfortunately, the parties themselves are not ready to have an internal solution. That's the assessment of the Joint Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. He told reporters shortly after briefing the UN Security Council Thursday that the region is also not really capable at this time of [...]
• Seven of the 16 United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed around the world are in Africa. At the same time, the continent is contributing to the training of peacekeepers at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre based in Accra, Ghana. The Centre provides training in research and practical aspects of peacekeeping operations. A [...]
A forum on conflict and fragility opened in the Liberian capital, Monrovia on Thursday. The meeting, which is co-hosted by the governments of Liberia and Finland, is attended by representatives of governments, civil society, media, trade unions and traditional leaders. The forum in Liberia is focusing on Africa. Ozonnia Ojielo, Coordinator for Conflict Prevention [...]
A special meeting was held at the United Nations Thursday marking International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The speakers at the special meeting include the Chairman of the Committee, the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council and the representative of Palestine, as well as other representatives [...]
Representatives of governments, civil society and United Nations agencies have gathered in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia for a forum on conflict and fragility which opened on Thursday. The meeting, which is co-hosted by the governments of Liberia and Finland, is focusing on Africa. It is the latest in a series of three United Nations-led [...]
Sixty five years after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proposing the partition of the mandate territory into two States, "this vision of a two-state solution remains tragically unfulfilled". That's what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in remarks marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is being observed Thursday 29 November. [...]
United Nations agencies in Geneva have launched a campaign to promote the rights of people living with HIV. The "Getting to zero at work" campaign is in recognition of the role of the workplace in the global struggle to limit the spread and effects of the HIV epidemic. The campaign is supported by the World [...]
Intensive efforts to resolve all of the outstanding issues related to Iran's nuclear programme are continuing, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency-IAEA. However, Director-General Yukiya Amano told the Agency's Board of Directors meeting in Vienna that no concrete results have been achieved and he's unable to report any progress on clarifying the issues relating [...]
The Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea -DPRK has continued construction of the light water reactor and largely completed work on the exterior of the main buildings. Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano told the agency's Board of Governors on Thursday that this continues since his earlier statement describing the DPRK uranium enrichment [...]
The Syrian government is laying landmines along its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, according to a report by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). The landmines are targeted at civilians seeking to cross the border to flee violence in Syria. The report says Syria was the only state using landmines this year, although, non-state [...]
Seven of the 16 United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed around the world are in Africa. At the same time, the continent is contributing to the training of peacekeepers at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre based in Accra, Ghana. The Centre, which began its work in 2003, is headed by Christian Edem Kobla Dovlo, [...]
The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Nuclear Applications Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria. The Vienna-based IAEA is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Meera Venkatesh, Director of the Division for Physical and Chemical Sciences at the IAEA, told Gerry Adams the Seibersdorf [...]
