Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Palestinian Rights Committee Asks General Assembly to Stress Urgency of Salvaging Prospects for Peace, by One of Four Draft Resolutions Approved Today

GA/PAL/1212

Palestinian Rights Committee Asks General Assembly to Stress Urgency of Salvaging Prospects for Peace, by One of Four Draft Resolutions Approved Today

The Palestinian Rights Committee this afternoon unanimously approved four draft resolutions concerning its own work, as well as that of the Division for Palestinian Rights and the Department of Public Information.

Secretary-General, Welcoming Joint Declaration between United Nations, Association of South-East Asian Nations, Says ASEAN’s Leadership Needed ‘as Seldom Before’

SG/SM/13957

Secretary-General, Welcoming Joint Declaration between United Nations, Association of South-East Asian Nations, Says ASEAN’s Leadership Needed ‘as Seldom Before’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the fourth Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)—United Nations Summit, in Bali, Indonesia, 19 November:

Adopting Wide-ranging Text, General Assembly Pledges Continued Support to Afghan Government, People, Urges Cooperation to Ensure Success of ‘Kabul Process’

GA/11177

Adopting Wide-ranging Text, General Assembly Pledges Continued Support to Afghan Government, People, Urges Cooperation to Ensure Success of ‘Kabul Process’

The General Assembly today adopted by consensus a wide-ranging resolution aimed at nudging Afghanistan further towards an economically and politically stable future, barely two years away from the Afghan Government’s target date for assuming the lead role for the war-torn country’s security.

Third Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Human Rights Situations in Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar

GA/SHC/4032

Third Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Human Rights Situations in Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar

The Third Committee today approved three resolutions that would have the General Assembly address human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar and Iran, even as delegations debated the legitimacy of country‑specific resolutions.

United Nations Launches Campaign for ‘Rio+20’ Conference Featuring Global Conversation on ‘The Future We Want’

ENV/DEV/1243-PI/2015

United Nations Launches Campaign for ‘Rio+20’ Conference Featuring Global Conversation on ‘The Future We Want’

The United Nations launched a new campaign today to promote next June’s “Rio+20” United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the need to engage people in a global conversation on the kind of communities in which they would like to live 25 years from now.

By Resolution 2020, Security Council Extends for 12 Months Authorization for Those Cooperating with Somali Government to Use ‘All Necessary Means’ to Combat Piracy

SC/10454

By Resolution 2020, Security Council Extends for 12 Months Authorization for Those Cooperating with Somali Government to Use ‘All Necessary Means’ to Combat Piracy

Condemning and deploring all acts of piracy and armed robbery against vessels in the waters off the coast of Somalia, the Security Council today extended for 12 months its authorizations granted to States and regional organizations cooperating with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in the fight against such acts.
Subscribe to