Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

With ‘Stroke of Your Pen’, Draft Development Agenda Can Be Amended to Include Explicit Reference to Disabilities, Convention’s States Parties Told

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With ‘Stroke of Your Pen’, Draft Development Agenda Can Be Amended to Include Explicit Reference to Disabilities, Convention’s States Parties Told

Around the world, more than 1 billion people with disabilities were desperately poor, dying of hunger and preventable disease, which made it essential for their explicit rights and needs to be mainstreamed in the new global development framework currently being negotiated, delegates stressed today as the Conference of States Parties to the Disabilities Convention opened its eighth session.

‘No More Business as Usual’, Delegates Say as Economic and Social Council Concludes Phase One of Dialogue on United Nations Role in Post-2015 Era

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‘No More Business as Usual’, Delegates Say as Economic and Social Council Concludes Phase One of Dialogue on United Nations Role in Post-2015 Era

Fine-tuning the funding architecture, streamlining operational activities and garnering a “new political momentum” were critical for the United Nations to play a key role in the post-2015 development era, the Economic and Social Council heard today during a dialogue on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system, as it also adopted three procedural resolutions.

Deputy Secretary-General Tells States Parties 2006 Disabilities Convention Marked Conceptual Shift from Charity to Human Rights-Based Approach

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Deputy Secretary-General Tells States Parties 2006 Disabilities Convention Marked Conceptual Shift from Charity to Human Rights-Based Approach

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the eighth Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York today:

Top Envoy in Côte d’Ivoire Urges Security Council to Maintain United Nations Presence in Lead-Up to Presidential Election in October

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Top Envoy in Côte d’Ivoire Urges Security Council to Maintain United Nations Presence in Lead-Up to Presidential Election in October

As Côte d’Ivoire prepared to hold a presidential election in October, the renewal of mandate of the United Nations Operation in that country was crucial to the consolidation of the achievements made since the 2010 post-election crisis, the Security Council heard today.

Secretary-General, at Maritime Meeting, Calls for Sustainable Solutions to Protect Migrants, Refugees from Human Rights Abuses

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Secretary-General, at Maritime Meeting, Calls for Sustainable Solutions to Protect Migrants, Refugees from Human Rights Abuses

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Special Session on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee on Mixed Migration by Sea, held in London on 9 June:

Security Council Extends until July 2016 Panel of Experts to Support Committee Monitoring Iran Sanctions, Agreeing to Review Matter as Developments Warrant

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Security Council Extends until July 2016 Panel of Experts to Support Committee Monitoring Iran Sanctions, Agreeing to Review Matter as Developments Warrant

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts that assists the Committee monitoring sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear programme, until 9 July 2016, while keeping the mandate under review pending developments.

Nothing More Fundamental to Life than Water, No More Crucial Year for Action, Secretary-General Says at High-Level Conference in Tajikistan

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Nothing More Fundamental to Life than Water, No More Crucial Year for Action, Secretary-General Says at High-Level Conference in Tajikistan

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening ceremony of the High-Level International Conference on the Implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” (2005-2015), in Dushanbe today:

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