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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico launched a campaign on Wednesday (6 July) known as “Declare Yourself a Defender” in favour of defenders of human rights. UNIC MEXICO
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico launched a campaign on Wednesday (6 July) known as “Declare Yourself a Defender” in favour of defenders of human rights. UNIC MEXICO
Less than two weeks ahead of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, the UN’s top climate change official has called on governments to maintain momentum and ensure that the timelines agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún in December of 2010 are met. UNIC MEXICO
In preparation for the year-end climate change meeting in Mexico, UN officials and business executives meet to discuss new public private partnerships and global efforts on energy access and energy efficiency. UNIC MEXICO
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opens the 62nd Department of Public Information’s Non-Governmental Organization Conference dedicated to the theme of disarmament in Mexico City. UNIC MEXICO
At the main observance of this year’s World Environment Day (5 June) in Mexico, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Achim Steiner says “we only have seven years left in which we were meant to stabilize the emissions on this planet and the opposite is happening right now”. UNIC MEXICO
Mexico will be the main venue for this year’s global observance of World Environment Day (5 June), which is dedicated to climate change as part of the Secretary-General’s campaign to “seal a deal” on a follow-on agreement to the Kyoto Protocol by the end of the year. UNEP / UNIC MEXICO / UNTV
On his first official visit to Mexico, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Mexican President Felipe Calderón, addresses a meeting on climate change, and speaks to an extraordinary session of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). UNIC Mexico
Addressing the world’s largest forum on HIV and AIDS, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges bolstered efforts to tackle the pandemic, stressing how the virus impedes development. UNIC MEXICO