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21 Apr 2008, 9:40 am
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) [official website] is the body charged with administering the 1994 [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 10:31 am
" A spokesperson for Assange said that if investigations into the UN's report "find that the standard[s] for arbitrary detention [are] met, we would expect... [read post]
14 Sep 2005, 4:41 am
[JURIST] Addressing the opening session of the UN's 2005 World Summit [official website] Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile], US President George Bush and other world leaders appealed for global action to prevent conflict, protect human rights and suppress terror. [read post]
16 Apr 2005, 3:10 am
[JURIST] American and British officials have rejected assertions made by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the US and UK governments share blame with the UN for oil scandals involving Saddam Hussein's regime. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 3:53 am
[JURIST] South African judge Navanethem Pillay [official profile] on Monday assumed the role [UN press release] of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, replacing departing commissioner Louise Arbour [JURIST report]. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 4:12 am
The report follows China's evaluation under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) [official website] process adopted by the UN in 2006, [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 10:16 am
[JURIST] The presidents of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official websites] on Wednesday presented their respective annual reports [UN press release; ICJ & ICC reports, PDFs] to the UN General Assembly [official website], stressing the increasing importance of the courts and need for the rule of international law as nations experience ever-growing globalization and the legal questions it raises. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 11:57 am
[JURIST] UN envoy to Iraq Staffan de Mistura praised [press release; UN News Centre report] the country's new Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) on Monday, calling it a "milestone" for human rights in the region. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 11:19 am
[JURIST] UN and Cambodian government officials said Wednesday in a statement [UN News Center report] issued after a series of high-level meetings that they needed to address ongoing problems facing the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia [official website] in its efforts to try former Khmer Rouge officials suspected of crimes against humanity by "enhancing its human resources [read post]
29 Sep 2005, 7:41 am
[JURIST] US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton [official profile] said Wednesday he opposed legislation [JURIST report] that would withhold US dues of more than $130 million until the UN adopted US-backed reforms. [read post]
19 Mar 2005, 6:32 am
[JURIST] Saturday's Los Angeles Times reports that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official website] will propose significant changes to the organization at a General Assembly meeting Monday. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:01 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur for North Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn [official profile] said Monday that the North Korean human rights situation is continuing to deteriorate. [read post]
13 Sep 2015, 12:48 pm
[JURIST] The president of Yemen on Sunday backed out of talks arranged by the United Nations (UN) [official website] with Shiite rebels. [read post]
6 Apr 2006, 9:10 am
[JURIST] The State Department announced Thursday afternoon in Washington that the United States will not be seeking membership this year of the new UN Human Rights Council [official website; UN materials; FAQ]. [read post]
4 Nov 2008, 11:53 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Saturday warned [UN News Centre report; press conference transcript] that Colombia faces continued human rights struggles, as she concluded a fact-finding mission [UNHRC report] to the country. [read post]
27 Aug 2005, 6:08 am
[JURIST] Responding to US-proposed changes [JURIST report] to the draft agreement to be signed at next month's summit on UN reform [UN materials], General Assembly President Jean Ping [official profile] has named a core group of countries, including the US, to negotiate a new text prior to the mid-September meeting. [read post]
7 May 2006, 11:30 pm
Sudan [government website] has continually rejected [JURIST report] all attempts to deploy UN peacekeepers, saying that they feared Western imperialism and would allow only [read post]
24 Sep 2004, 3:56 am
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zibari has said that the UN is dragging its feet in complying with a Security Council resolution requiring that it help Iraq prepare for elections slated for January. [read post]
7 Sep 2004, 5:06 am
According to anonymous UN sources, Hassan Rowhani, [read post]
9 Oct 2006, 6:43 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] Monday nominated Ban Ki-Moon [official profile], the current South Korean Foreign Minister, to succeed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] when Annan's term ends in January. [read post]
