UN / QUEEN MAXIMA
Recently crowned Queen Maxima of the Netherlands meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UNTV
Recently crowned Queen Maxima of the Netherlands meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UNTV
With a small but growing number of Syrian asylum seekers arriving in countries of the European Union, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) today (16 October) stressed to EU member states the importance of adhering to the principles of the Common European Asylum System. CH UNTV
UNICEF, with Australian, Dutch and Pakistani support, has built 55 earthquake-resistant schools in northwest Pakistan areas devastated by quakes in 2005. Among the latest to be inaugurated is the GariHabibullah Government Primary School. UNICEF
The ICC said today that a hearing will begin on 18 June next year to determine whether there are sufficient grounds to confirm charges against former president of Côte d’Ivoire Laurant Gbagbo who stands accused of crimes against humanity. ICC
The Tribunal welcomed the arrest of Goran Hadžić in Serbia today, the last remaining fugitive who has been at-large for more than seven years. ICTY