Search for: "Secretary to UN"
Results 241 - 260
of 3,893
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
29 Jun 2006, 11:48 am
Jan Egeland [official profile], UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said that "In Iraq, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Afghanistan and the Democratic [read post]
7 Oct 2006, 4:01 am
[JURIST] Sudan Ambassador to the UN Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem on Friday disputed [recorded video] the latest report from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [JURIST news archive] to the UN Security Council [official website] on ongoing violations of human rights in country's Darfur [JURIST news archive] region, claiming that many of the alleged violations were "fabricated" by partial non-governmental [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 8:31 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Thursday expressed concern [statement; press release] about the lack of progress being made at a UN conference to negotiate an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 8:28 am
Jamal Benomar [official profile], the Secretary-General's Special Advisor, also stated [UN News Centre] that the international community must stand ready to support that effort. [read post]
15 May 2007, 7:02 am
[JURIST] Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora [BBC profile] sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday, formally requesting that the UN Security Council establish an ad hoc tribunal [JURIST news archive] to investigate and try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri [JURIST news archive] because "all possible means" to ratify a UN [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] on Monday made a statement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, expressing regret [press release] for the UN's silence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder] that resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people. [read post]
22 Dec 2005, 10:27 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile; JURIST news archive] said in his traditional year-end press conference [transcript; JURIST video] Wednesday that he wanted to dedicate his final year in the position to encouraging peace and UN reform [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Apr 2017, 9:32 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] voted [UN report] Thursday to end a 13-year-long peacekeeping operation in Haiti. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 7:46 am
The joint statement follows a call on Wednesday by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos [official profile] to end the... [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 9:42 am
In a video message [statement, text] to the Human Rights Council Panel discussion in Geneva, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website] stressed that "human rights and the rule of law should be central whether we are countering violent extremism or trying to prevent it ....... [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 7:58 am
The report to the UN Security Council, by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile], says that most of the prisoners are being held in facilities maintained by independent brigades not under the control of the government, and that there have been allegations of abuse of prisoners. [read post]
24 Jun 2005, 3:01 pm
[JURIST] Chief of Staff to UN-Secretary General Kofi Annan Mark Malloch Brown [official profile] told AP Friday that the UN will ask France to pursue a former UN employee accused in the murders of 32 Rwandans during the genocide of 1994, after pressure on Rwandan authorities has yielded little success. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 11:33 am
UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres said while visiting Beijing on Monday that he wants UN peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 3:58 am
[JURIST] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] must cooperate with any indictment or decision [press conference transcript] the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] may issue against him, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official website] said Tuesday. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 1:34 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] released a video statement for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Core Group Ministerial Event on Thursday calling for an end to transphobia and homophobia [press release]. [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 12:24 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] Wednesday urged the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) [official website] to avoid the "political maneuvering" that plagued the rights body's predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission [official website], telling the 47 member states that their role was to combat human rights violations even if regional allies were opposed to those efforts. [read post]
18 Jul 2005, 1:54 pm
[JURIST] Maurice Strong [Canada Foreign Affairs profile], a special adviser for North Korea to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a prominent Canadian business executive, will not continue his position as top UN envoy to North Korea, according to UN officials. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 11:51 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] said Wednesday that he is concerned about the status of ongoing discussions between the UN and Lebanon on the proposed UN-supported international tribunal [JURIST news archive] to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 2:48 am
UN assistant secretary-general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen presented a proposal [UN News Centre report] to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An [official profile], but no agreement has [read post]
28 Oct 2005, 7:15 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] on Thursday endorsed [press release] a Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation [PDF text] and an accompanying Code of Conduct in efforts to begin establishing new standards for international election monitoring. [read post]
