21 July 2014 – The Security Council today called for an international investigation into last week’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight in eastern Ukraine, and demanded that armed groups allow unfettered access to the crash site and ensure that its integrity is maintained. In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body condemned “in the strongest terms” the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, which resulted in the tragic loss of 298 lives.
World trade growth has not returned to its pre-crisis rate; it fell to just 2% in 2012, and Unctad points out that imports to developed regions, including the US and Europe, are still below 2007 levels. It suggests this downward trend "highlights the vulnerabilities developing countries continue to face at a time of lacklustre growth in developed countries".
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon told the committee in Iceland: 'The Snowden case is something I consider to be misuse.' Speaking to a gathering of the foreign affairs committee of the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik on Tuesday, Ban said that in his personal opinion "the Snowden case is something I consider to be misuse." The UN chief added that the opening up of digital communications should not be "misused in such a way as Snowden did"
Jake Wallis Simons on Telegraph Blog, April 25th, 2013: "The UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur, Richard Falk, has provoked outrage by claiming in an essay in Foreign Policy Journal that American foreign policy was to blame for the Boston marathon bombings" ... "... the notion that Islamic terror arises merely as a response to US, Israeli and British action is gravely insidious." Jake Wallis Simons is a Telegraph features writer.
Vijay Prasad: " countries like Brazil, India, China, these countries are fighting to bring their own brands to market, to bring their own designs to market, and they are being held back by a global or international intellectual property regime that prevents many of them from pushing their brands forward. I mean, one of the real tricks in the 1980s that they are most upset by was the shift in intellectual property from where you copyright not the process by which you get to, say, a sneaker but the actual sneaker itself. "
Tikki Pang & Laurie Garrett The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing an unprecedented crisis that threatens its position as the premier international health agency. To ensure its leading role, it must rethink its internal governance and revamp its financing mechanisms.
Giddens feels that there is a huge disparity between the reality of climate change and the political and economic response. As well as system-level change, the situation needs action below the level of the nation state, he explained, with activists and civil society taking steps worldwide to obtain change on the ground, as the Transition Towns movement tried, for example. "The United Nations (UN) has lost a lot of influence, so we will need to look to states and groups of states," he said.
As Côte d’Ivoire's post-electoral crisis continues, Pierre Sané discusses the circumstances leading up to the contested election results and stresses the need for the country to be left to solve its own problems. "Why did the international community not i
Markku Vesikon raportti Pakolaisavun ryhmän vierailusta Liberiassa tammikuun alussa. "Tämänhetkisen valmiussuunnitelman mukaan UNHCR varautuu vastaanottamaan noin 100,000 pakolaisen tarpeet ja on siksi valmistelemassa hätäavustuspyyntöä, johon tarvitaan
I maj 2006 sade den amerikanske FN-ambassadören, John Bolton: "Huvudsaken är att Ryssland och Kina är ense om att detta [Irans kärnforskning] är ett hot mot internationell fred och säkerhet enligt kapitel VII." Kapitel VII ("åtgärder i samband med hot mot
Frontal21-Interview "Verloren hat die Vorsorge" von Karsten Deventer. -- Tom Jefferson ist Allgemeinmediziner und arbeitet im internationalen Gesundheitsnetzwerks Cochrane Collaboration. Zusammen mit zwei Kollegen aus Japan und den USA wertet der in Rom a
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann constated that "the G192"... "have agreed on the modalities for the United Nations Conference at the highest level on the Economic and Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Development". The summit will be held 1-3 June, 2009.
text of the declaration, signed by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Ban Ki Moon, plus statement 3.12. by TFF board. "The United Nations considers it secret and, thus, hasn't published it on its homepage; NATO is pleased to give you a copy upon request "
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Austria on Tuesday called for banning nuclear weapons because of their catastrophic humanitarian effects, an initiative it said now has the backing of 159 countries.
via International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) 28 Sept
September 28, 2016
A group of governments have submitted a draft UN General Assembly resolution to start negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons. The document was circulated on Wednesday by its lead sponsors Austria, Mexico, South Africa, Ireland, Brazil and Nigeria and follows on from the recommendation of a UN Working Group, at which the overwhelming majority of states supported the call for ban treaty negotiations in 2017.
... The voting on the resolution will take place at the end of October or early November.
Trump's bellicose statements about North Korea and the recent false missile alert in Hawaii have raised global alarm over nuclear war. Now, in an unprecedented step, a draft of the new U.S. Nuclear Posture calls for authorizing nuclear weapons use even in response to a non-military attack
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile as his Envoy on Technology. Taking into account the growing prominence of technology issues and the recognition that the United Nations must enhance its efforts on digital cooperation and global connectivity, the Envoy will lead the implementation of the
The nine nuclear-dependent nations and their supporters face a future in which they will be increasingly isolated.
Illustrating the complexity of differing positions on the treaty are the 43 nations under the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD). More than one-third of the 43 countries have ratified the TPNW, but the bloc also includes four nuclear-armed states: China, North Korea, India and Pakistan.
Yuriy Kryvonos, director of UNRCPD, said nuclear-armed states often claim their arsenals serve as a deterrence tool. “Against whom [does] this deterrence tool exist? Against other nuclear-armed states.” The argument, he said, is “nonsense” because a nuclear war cannot be won; claiming protection from nuclear weapons is an illusion. Arguments that the TPNW undermines the NPT, Kryvonos insisted, do not hold water.
"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
Focus on the Global South , July 2023: we delve into our recent activities around the UN Food Systems Summit, where as part of People’s Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit, Shalmali Guttal participated in critical public discussions on "Multilateralism vs Multistakeholderism — The Case of Food" and "Multistakeholderism and the Corporate Capture of Food Governance.". We were also part of the press conference, "Calling for True Food Systems Change", and we share with you the press release and statements stemming from these engagements. As part of our regional work, we also share insights from Joseph Purugganan, who discussed advancing accountability and justice via a legally binding instrument for the Business and Human Rights Resource Center Roundtable Series on Binding Treaty.
Jeffrey Sachs: The nations of the world, operating under the UN Charter and defending the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, must move urgently to help save both Israel and Palestine.
Réseau mondial pour la diversité linguistique, Maaya est né dans le cadre du Sommet mondial sur la Société de l'Information (smsi). "Nous croyons que cette facilité d'accès, la capacité du réseau internet a mobiliser et coordonner de nombreux individus et sa puissance multimédia va permettre d'assurer ainsi le sauvetage et la revitalisation des langues minoritaires. "
Rachel Smolker: "The proliferation of "public-private partnerships" is one of the manifestations of this political and economic reality. These are presented in diplomatic terms as attempts to "bring together" the public and private sectors with civil society, to ensure all "stakeholders" are represented in working toward various goals. Many are either initiated by, or granted a platform in, the UN. One such partnership in particular that was in the limelight at this climate summit was the "Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture." "
Jan Eliasson, FN:s biträdande generalsekreterare och tidigare socialdemokratisk utrikesminister i Sverige, ska resa till Ukraina på söndagskvällen, amerikansk tid.Tidigare på söndagen meddelade USA att utrikesminister John Kerry åker till Kiev på tisdag för att diskutera läget.
the Trade and Development Report 2013 argues that export-led strategies – mainstay policies for countries such as China, South Korea and, to a lesser extent, South Africa – are no longer viable. Instead, more balanced strategies, geared towards generating a greater role for domestic and regional demand, should be pursued.
Anna MacDonald of Control Arms speaks at the start of the ceremony for the signing of the Arms Trade Treaty at United Nations headquarters in New York, Jun. 3, 2013
Réseau mondial pour la diversité linguistique, Maaya est né dans le cadre du Sommet mondial sur la Société de l'Information (smsi). "Nous croyons que cette facilité d'accès, la capacité du réseau internet a mobiliser et coordonner de nombreux individus et sa puissance multimédia va permettre d'assurer ainsi le sauvetage et la revitalisation des langues minoritaires. "
Forum scientifique et citoyen sur la Radioprotection De Tchernobyl à Fukushima 11/12/13 MAI 2012, Genève Organisé par Independent WHO (Pour l’Indépendance de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé) Site du collectif Independent WHO
"The general assembly decides to revoke the determination contained in its resolution 3379 (XXX) of 10 November 1975." This formed resolution 46/86, which is one of the shortest in UN history. During this session, President Bush told the General Assembly: "...to equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of Jews in World War II and indeed throughout history." The motion was supported by 111 (including the 90 nations who sponsored the resolution), opposed by 25 nations and abstained by 13 nations.
Texte revu et mis en ligne en juin 2008 par Laurent Martinet Notes rédigées par Ron Day et Laurent Martinet Table I. Une technique du travail intellectuel. II. Une profession distincte. III. Une nécessité de notre temps.
Dan Plesch: "Today, the lesson to be learned from the history of the Atlantic Charter is that the United States must once again broaden its focus. The global regulation of finance and trade will benefit worldwide social security and labor rights. Washingt
Demba Moussa Dembélé. "Il est vrai que depuis son arrivée au pouvoir, le président actuel du Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, a cherché à être dans les bonnes grâces de Washington. Mais l’attitude de l’Afrique du Sud est d’autant plus étonnante et incompréhen
Mireille Fanon-Mendès-France : "Contre les aspirations des peuples, la porte pour de nouvelles relations internationales basées sur la loi du plus fort est enfin grande ouverte… Le monde entre dans l’oeil du cyclone qui pourrait se transformer en guerre."
"De två FN-resolutionerna efter ”9/11” nämnde inte Afghanistan. De erkände förvisso Förenta staternas rätt till självförsvar (vilket alla FN:s medlemsstater har) men gav inget tillstånd att agera, vare sig i Afghanistan eller någon annanstans. Säkerhetsrå
The agencies, which are part of the Global Campaign for Education who authored the report shows how, despite promises from leaders across the world, chronic under investment in education means that 69 million children are still out of school.
by Thalif Deen / IPS. "Monday [3.5.2010] an overwhelming majority of U.N. member states - 118 out of 192 - wanted the defiant Jewish state to come clean with its nuclear weapons programme and sign the NPT, which is aimed at halting the spread of these dev
Mick Moore, 22 January 2010 : "It is no longer utopian to talk of substantial policy change within a few years. Where and how will it come about? There are clear, strong links between prohibition and the growing likelihood of defeat for the Western milita
UNGA 2009: What is happening? A basic power shift away from the West. "There will not be any deep multilateral Kyoto style agreement on climate. The whole approach is wrong. Evils are not abolished by consensus among evildoers; slavery was not abolishe
"L’idée au cœur de ce manifeste est la suivante : il est temps de contester et dépasser les modes de pensée dominants fondés sur des visions réductionnistes et mécanistiques du monde à l’origine de la destruction des ressources précieuses de la planète et
"We are hopeful that your country would support the Arab draft resolution," says the June 29 letter to Bildt. "Unfortunately," Sweden was among the EU nations voting to block action on the document last year, Moussa wrote. In Stockholm, Swedish foreign mi
On Obama's initiative, it has been decided that leaders of the United Nations Security Council member countries will meet on Sept. 24 to discuss nuclear issues.
UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (IPS) - A detailed 184-page report critical of Israeli attacks on U.N. personnel and buildings during the Gaza conflict last December-January has been meticulously stripped down to a 27-page document - mostly due to political sensiti
Farida Shaheed presented her report on copyright policy and the right to science and culture on 11 March, at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council, taking place in Geneva from 2-27 March.
She stressed the fact that one of the key points of her report is that intellectual property rights are not human rights. “This equation is false and misleading,” she said.
The report also suggests that authors must be distinguished from copyright holders, she said, adding, “We should always keep in mind that copyright regimes may under-protect authors because producers/publishers/distributors and other ‘subsequent right-holders’ typically exercise more influence over law-making.”
"Det är inte en mänsklig rättighet att begå brott i det land som en person söker asyl i. Tvärtom är det ett brott inte bara mot landets lagar, det är även ett brott mot FN:s flyktingkonvention som tvärtom ålägger flyktingen att följa mottagarlandets lagar. En asylsökande som begår brott mot våra lagar bryter därmed mot FN:s flyktingkonvention." Johan Westerholm
Flyktingkonventionen, par 2 (General Obligations)
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Bakgrund I linje med Sveriges långa engagemang för nedrustning och icke-spridning deltog Sverige i den multilaterala förhandlingsprocess som i juli...Uppdraget ska redovisas senast den 31 oktober 2018 till Regeringskansliet (Utrikesdepartementet).
September 26th is the International Day for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and called on world leaders gathered at the UN to join the Treaty on the...
Full statement by Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of ICAN, and by Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will (ICAN partner organisation), and member of ICAN’s steering group:
NYT article: "The Nobel committee said the U.N. agency’s work to address hunger had laid the foundations for peace in nations ravaged by war. .... "the agency [WFP] has met with criticism that its food sourcing methods hamper already weak local food markets. The organization buys most supplies on the global market, and development experts have criticized it for offering contracts to major donors —
like the United States — in what has come to be known as “tied aid,” or the practice of tying humanitarian donations to purchasing contracts. In response, it has pledged to eventually 10 percent of its supplies from smaller local farms.
The Transparency, Accountability, and Participation (TAP) Network is a broad international coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) working together to advance SDG16+ to promote peace, justice, and inclusive societies, and to help enhance accountability for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Guardian November 20, 2018: Erik Solheim quits after Guardian reveals excess travel and rule breaking which led to withholding of funds.
"Numerous Unep staff have contacted the Guardian criticising Solheim’s perceived closeness to China and the project he initiated related to the environmental sustainability of China’s huge infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative. The US in particular was concerned and its representatives raised a long list of questions as far back as April, including about how the project was funded and how intellectual property rights would be protected."
"Another concern to staff was the $500,000 sponsorship Solheim agreed to give the Volvo Ocean Race, despite it not being mentioned on the VOR sponsors’ web page or announced by Une"
Reuters The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday [18.10.23] that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.
Iain Davis and Whitney Webb
June 5, 2023The United Nations claims that the purpose of Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16) is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies and to provide access to justice for all. Hiding behind the rhetoric is the real objective: to strengthen and consolidate the power and authority of the "global governance regime" and to exploit threats—both real and imagined—in order to advance regime hegemony.
text of the declaration, signed by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Ban Ki Moon, plus statement 3.12. by TFF board. "The United Nations considers it secret and, thus, hasn’t published it on its homepage; NATO is pleased to give you a copy upon request "