/ga News stories about the United Nations General Assembly en Copyright 2013, United Nations /media/utilities/unlogo_blue.gif /ga 80 United Nations Logo /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44944&Cr=decolonization&Cr1= Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to place French Polynesia back on the UN list of territories that should be decolonized and requested the French Government to &#8220facilitate rapid progress […] towards a self-determination process.&#8221 /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44944&Cr=decolonization&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44916&Cr=syria&Cr1= Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Expressing grave concern at the continuing escalation of violence in Syria, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution reiterating its call for rapid progress on a political transition, “which represents the best opportunity to resolve the situation […] peacefully.” /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44916&Cr=syria&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44885&Cr=trafficking&Cr1= Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Top United Nations officials are today urging the UN General Assembly to fully implement key anti-human trafficking treaties and to cooperate more closely to counter the multi-billion dollar industry which has trapped some 21 million men, women and children in forced labour. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44885&Cr=trafficking&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44750&Cr=african+union&Cr1= Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST As the General Assembly met today to consider how best to help Africa in its efforts to promote peace and development, top United Nations officials highlighted the gains made so far and called for greater engagement to consolidate progress as well as advance even further. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44750&Cr=african+union&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44743&Cr=UN+Headquarters&Cr1= Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST With an extensive renovation of the great General Assembly Hall imminent, United Nations officials today paid tribute to architect Oscar Niemeyer and other members of the UN board of design in a ceremony that revisited the inception of the iconic Headquarters project. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44743&Cr=UN+Headquarters&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44677&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations General Assembly is focused on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and fostering a successor development agenda, the President of the UN body said today, highlighting upcoming events to increase momentum as the 2015 deadline for both efforts approaches. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44677&Cr=mdg&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44657&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations General Assembly today is holding a thematic debate with the Group of 20 major economies, or G20, to strengthen interaction between the two bodies and to improve global economic governance. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44657&Cr=mdg&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44617&Cr=justice&Cr1= Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations General Assembly today held its first ever debate on the role of the international criminal justice system in reconciliation, with its president stressing the vital part it must play not just in looking back on past atrocities but in bringing former foes together to build a better and more inclusive tomorrow. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44617&Cr=justice&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44553&Cr=arms+trade&Cr1= Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee chief today applauded the approval by the General Assembly of the first-ever treaty to regulate the global arms trade, stressing that it will help to reduce the terrible human cost of this lucrative enterprise. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44553&Cr=arms+trade&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44542&Cr=general+assembly&Cr1= Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST Revitalizing the General Assembly can help ensure that the chief deliberative and policy-making body of the United Nations becomes a true, universal “parliament of nations” where the world’s most important issues are discussed and decisions taken, its President said today. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44542&Cr=general+assembly&Cr1=