Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of UN Women, says she stands up for the fundamental human right of every woman and girl to live a life free from fear and violence. On 14 February 2013, as part of the One Billion Rising campaign sponsored by Eve Ensler's V-day organization, join Michelle Bachelet and one billion [...]
The Security Council on Tuesday held an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts around the world. The meeting, convened under the presidency of the Republic of Korea, is attended by foreign ministers of countries that are members of the Council. In his address, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the debate is [...]
The Security Council has made progress in the area of protection of civilians in armed conflict since it began dealing with the issue in 1999. Still, civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in armed conflict, according to the Republic of Korea. The country, which holds the presidency of the [...]
Protection of human rights is key to stabilizing the situation in Mali, says United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. In remarks to the Security Council during an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, Ms. Pillay said the Council has achieved political consensus regarding the situation in Mali, [...]
North Korea's decision to conduct an underground nuclear test has drawn international condemnation. The Security Council in New York, the Conference on Disarmament meeting in Geneva, and the head of the organization which monitors a global nuclear test ban treaty, have all denounced the explosion, which took place on Tuesday. This is the third [...]
The Security Council has strongly condemned the nuclear test conducted by North Korea on Tuesday. A press statement by the Council says its members held urgent consultations to address the serious situation arising from the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The statement was read by Kim Sung-hwan, the [...]
"Syria is self-destructing", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday evening in remarks at the Sorensen Distinguished Lecture on the United Nations at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Secretary-General said that "after nearly two years, we no longer count days in hours, but in bodies", adding that "Another day, another 100, 200, 300 dead". He [...]
A cancer treatment facility in Tanzania has been described by the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency as a success story. Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spoke to the staff of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute which he visited on Tuesday. He said the IAEA has [...]
Villages in the northern part of the Central African Republic have been looted by armed groups who have terrorized and forced residents to flee, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). A joint mission by UNHCR and Mercy Corps, last week went to the town of Bambari, about 400 kilometres northeast of the capital [...]
The irresponsible behaviour of North Korea goes against our common goal of halting nuclear proliferation and promoting nuclear disarmament, the representative of South Korea told the Conference on Disarmament Tuesday in Geneva. Ambassador Kwon Haeryong says "for the last two decades, North Korea has posed a serious threat to the international non-proliferation and disarmament regime". [...]
"This is a wrong step in the wrong direction," the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said in a statement Tuesday in denouncing the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK. Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth says "early in the morning, the international monitoring system of the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization detected a suspicious [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the underground nuclear weapon test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday, saying it is a clear and grave violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions. In a statement through his spokesperson, the Secretary-General says "it is deplorable that Pyongyang defied the strong and unequivocal [...]
