At a Headquarters press conference today, top United Nations relief officials described their recent trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan to assess ongoing humanitarian operations and the future needs in those neighbouring South Asian nations, which have faced conflict, food shortages and floods.
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The evolution of the rule of law in international relations would be at stake during the ninth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, now underway at Headquarters, William Pace, Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, said today.
Even with the lack of reparations, or even basic services for women victims of conflict-driven violence, justice for women was “still an afterthought”, Anne Marie Goetz, Chief Adviser on Governance, Peace and Security at the United Nations Development Fund for Women, said today.
Prompted by communications from citizens in the Republic of Korea, the International Criminal Court has launched a preliminary examination into whether forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed war crimes, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
Close collaboration between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was critical, IPU President Theo-Ben Gurirab said at a Headquarters press conference today.
The Security Council’s programme of work for December would include a high-level event on Iraq chaired by United States Vice-President Joe Biden, an open debate on resolutions 1820 (2008) and 1888 (2009) — both on “women, peace and security” — as well as a briefing by the Chair of the 1737 Committee on Iran sanctions, Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States, Council President for the month, said today at a Headquarters press briefing.
The number of the world’s deadliest conflicts has decreased dramatically in recent years, according to an independent study released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The recovery of the world economy had started to lose momentum since the middle of 2010, and all indicators pointed to weaker global economic growth, according to a new United Nations report, “World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011”, part of which was released today at a Headquarters press conference.
Prosecutors from some 20 countries affected by terrorism were meeting at Headquarters from 1 to 3 December to exchange information and best practices on how to bring terrorists to justice, the head of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) told correspondents today at Headquarters.
Despite positive developments in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli blockade adjustment in the wake of the 31 May attack on the relief flotilla, 80 per cent of the population was still aid dependent, the top United Nations official there said today at a Headquarters press conference.