/ga News stories about the United Nations General Assembly en Copyright 2012, United Nations /media/utilities/unlogo_blue.gif /ga 80 United Nations Logo /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42080&Cr=energy&Cr1= Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today underlined the urgent need to provide sufficient and low-cost energy to people across the world who lack access, stressing that making energy readily available can boost efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42080&Cr=energy&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42027&Cr=indigenous&Cr1= Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today hailed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted five years ago, as a landmark document that has inspired positive changes in the protection of the rights of indigenous communities. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42027&Cr=indigenous&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42008&Cr=slavery&Cr1= Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly Nassir, Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today paid tribute to the courage of the men and women who rebelled against the cruelty of slavery, adding that the world must continue to reaffirm its commitment to preventing servitude. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42008&Cr=slavery&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42004&Cr=disarmament&Cr1= Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly today called on Member States to advance the work of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD), stressing the need for greater efforts and flexibility to overcome the deadlock that has plagued the body for some time now. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42004&Cr=disarmament&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41922&Cr=al-nasser&Cr1= Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 EST The Arab world faces the challenge of building inclusive economies, the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, has said, stressing that this can only be achieved by ensuring that governments are accountable and responsive to the aspirations of their people. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41922&Cr=al-nasser&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41881&Cr=court+of+justice&Cr1= Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST Dalveer Bhandari of India was elected today, during simultaneous balloting in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, to a seat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41881&Cr=court+of+justice&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41807&Cr=sustainable+development&Cr1= Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, warned today that economic growth that relies on unsustainable patterns of consumption and production is undermining humankind’s quest for harmony with nature and called for science-based sustainable development solutions. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41807&Cr=sustainable+development&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41757&Cr=disaster+risk&Cr1= Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST Disaster risk reduction must be incorporated in all sustainable development strategies, the President of the General Assembly emphasized today, noting that the risk of losing wealth to natural disasters is outpacing wealth creation. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41757&Cr=disaster+risk&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41752&Cr=food+prices&Cr1= Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the need to curb the volatility of global food prices through the strengthening of oversight and analysis of international commodities futures markets to discourage the speculation that leads to price fluctuations. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41752&Cr=food+prices&Cr1= /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41703&Cr=nasser&Cr1= Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST In a wide-ranging press briefing today, the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, called on the Syrian Government to bring an immediate halt to the violence and killing in the country. /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41703&Cr=nasser&Cr1=