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United Nations Department of Public Information Co-sponsors Conference on Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial, 18-19 November, Dublin, Ireland

Note No. 6286

United Nations Department of Public Information Co-sponsors Conference on Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial, 18-19 November, Dublin, Ireland

The United Nations Department of Public Information will co-sponsor the International Conference on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial to be held on 18 and 19 November 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.

General Assembly Will Hold ‘World Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ in 2014, under Terms of Resolution Recommended by Third Committee

GA/SHC/3997

General Assembly Will Hold ‘World Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ in 2014, under Terms of Resolution Recommended by Third Committee

Concerned about the extreme social and economic disadvantages that indigenous peoples have faced, the Third Committee approved a draft resolution today that would have the General Assembly organize a high-level plenary meeting in 2014 — to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in 2014 -- to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of indigenous peoples’ rights.

Rocked by Turmoil in World Financial Markets, United Nations Staff Pension Fund Bounces Back to Post 30 Per Cent Jump in Assets, Budget Committee Told

GA/AB/3970

Rocked by Turmoil in World Financial Markets, United Nations Staff Pension Fund Bounces Back to Post 30 Per Cent Jump in Assets, Budget Committee Told

Even though it suffered its first actuarial setback in 14 years during the biennium that closed in December 2009, the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund bounced back from the turmoil in global financial markets to post a 32.2 per cent jump in assets to $38.3 billion by March 2010, Secretariat officials told the Fifth Committee today.

Full, Timely Implementation of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement Essential to National, Regional Stability, Security Council Presidential Statement Says

SC/10086

Full, Timely Implementation of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement Essential to National, Regional Stability, Security Council Presidential Statement Says

Emphasizing that the situation in Sudan represented one of the most urgent challenges facing the Security Council, the 15-member body, convening at the ministerial level, underlined today that full and timely implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), including the holding of referenda on the self-determination of Southern Sudan and the status of Abyei, was essential to national as well as regional peace and stability.
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