Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Link between Population, Development and Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment Informs Debate in Population Commission, Set to Conclude Session Friday

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Link between Population, Development and Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment Informs Debate in Population Commission, Set to Conclude Session Friday

Despite their systematic marginalization over centuries, women formed the very foundation of the world’s economy and development, the Commission on Population and Development was told today as it debated how population and development issues contributed in turn to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Special Rapporteur Paints Harrowing Picture of Prison Conditions as Experts Call for Measures to Ensure Respect for Human Rights

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Special Rapporteur Paints Harrowing Picture of Prison Conditions as Experts Call for Measures to Ensure Respect for Human Rights

Decrying the “appalling” circumstances believed to affect roughly 10 million detainees worldwide, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture today described massive differences in the treatment of prisoners, and called, alongside other experts, for stiffer measures to improve prison conditions and ensure full respect for basic human rights standards, as the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice continued in Salvador, Brazil.

Impact of Development Policies on Indigenous Culture, Identity Focus as United Nations Permanent Forum Meets at Headquarters 19-30 April

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Impact of Development Policies on Indigenous Culture, Identity Focus as United Nations Permanent Forum Meets at Headquarters 19-30 April

The impacts of development policies on indigenous peoples’ culture and identity will be the focus of a two-week meeting beginning Monday, 19 April, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Effective participation and consultation of indigenous peoples is central to such policies.

Peacebuilding Complex, Multifaceted Undertaking Requiring Significant Resources, Above All, Political Commitment, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

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Peacebuilding Complex, Multifaceted Undertaking Requiring Significant Resources, Above All, Political Commitment, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, today, 16 April, in New York:
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