Meetings Coverage
- General Assembly Adopts Consensus Text Concerning Non-Governmental Organization Accreditation for Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference (21 May 2012)
The General Assembly this morning, after defeating two proposals put forward by Syria, found consensus and endorsed the Secretariat’s recommendations for the accreditation of non-governmental organizations and other major groups currently not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, but wishing to attend and contribute to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
GA/11239 - Concluding Session, Permanent Forum Says Impact of Racist ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ Endures Today, but Indigenous Rights Declaration Offers Framework for Redress (18 May 2012)
Lamenting the enduring manifestations of the “Doctrine of Discovery” and other morally condemnable, socially unjust and racist policies used for centuries by colonizers as legal justification to disenfranchise indigenous peoples and seize their lands, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today urged the rejection of such “nefarious” dogmas, and encouraged measures that would redefine relations between native and aboriginal peoples and the State based on justice.
HR/5099 - Security Council Imposes Travel Ban on Five Leaders of Coup in Guinea-Bissau, Demands Immediate Steps to Restore Constitutional Order (18 May 2012)
Deploring the continuing refusal of coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau to reinstate legitimate authority in the country, the Security Council this afternoon imposed targeted sanctions against them, establishing a new monitoring committee and requesting the Secretary-General to be actively engaged in coordinating international efforts to help restore constitutional order.
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Press Releases
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Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Yemen (21 May 2012)
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan):
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Secretary-General Says North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit Should Signal International Partners Will Not Withdraw Support as They Draw Down Military (21 May 2012)
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit meeting on Afghanistan, in Chicago, United States, 21 May:
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Remarkable Progress Made Across Health Agenda, Says Secretary-General, Thanking World Health Assembly for ‘Good Start’, Urging It to ‘Finish the Job’ (21 May 2012)
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Health Assembly, delivered by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, 21 May:
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Press Conferences
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Press Conference on Fifth Anniversary of Indigenous Rights Declaration (17 May 2012)
At a Headquarters press conference today Members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, both past and present, called on indigenous peoples everywhere to persevere, remain optimistic and remember that, while they have made much progress in the five years since the Indigenous Rights Declaration had been adopted, a lot of work still lay ahead.
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Press Conference by Prosecutor of International Criminal Court on Libyan Situation (16 May 2012)
Probably the most urgent activity for the Libyan authorities right now was for them to decide who among the “thousands” of prisoners filling up the country’s prisons as a result of allegations of crimes committed during the reign of former leader Muammar al-Qadhafi should be investigated or released, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, International Criminal Court Prosecutor told reporters today in New York.
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Press Conference by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on Situation in Afghanistan (15 May 2012)
While the United Nations and its partners would continue to provide immediate humanitarian relief to Afghanistan, aid alone was not enough to deal with the conflict-torn nation’s myriad challenges, the United Nations humanitarian chief said today during a Headquarters news conference.
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