Tag: General Assembly

united-nations: A glimpse into the scenes outside the UN General Assembly as delegates, including Presidents and Prime Ministers, come and go along First Avenue in New York City. Catch up with the day’s events inside the UN here, and see more behind-the-scenes photo in our Flickr set.

While of course the most anticipated speeches of the general debate are yet to come, it has started yesterday nonetheless. The report of the Secretary General brought no surprise, he was emphasizing the same issues he was talking about before. I liked how straightforward and articulate he was about the most important ones. Regarding Syria he warned once again that the serious and growing threat to international peace and security requires Security Council action. I particularly liked his thoughts about recent uprisings, saying that “moderate majority should not be a silent majority”. That should be true to both sides: for…

Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks at UN High-level Meeting on Rule of Law Exciting times around the UN with the 67th session of the General Assembly launching last week.  Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds bilateral meetings with world leaders before the general debate of the GA that is about to start tomorrow with some very prestigious speakers. Today’s main event was a High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law, Rule of Law being one of the main focuses of the 67th session of the GA. One of the leaders addressing the meeting was Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Anti-Semitic, anti-American Iranian President…

United Nations News Centre – Interview with Vuk Jeremić, President of the 67th session of the General Assembly Very good interview, worth reading!

United Nations News Centre – General Assembly opens new session with call to tackle urgent global issues Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: “We are living through a period of unease. We are also seeing incidents of intolerance and hatred that are then exploited by others. Voices of moderation and calm need to make themselves heard at this time. We all need to speak up in favour of mutual respect and understanding of the values and beliefs of others. The United Nations must rise to the moment.”

67th Session of the UN General Assembly starts on Tuesday! It starts today! Find all kinds of useful information on this link!

The U.N. Happiness Project The Dragon King of the House of Wangchuck in Bhutan is about to realize his ambition: to use G.N.H. (Gross National Happpiness) as an alternative to G.N.P. Yep, he’s about to take it to the UN General Assembly. And it’s a good plan too. I mean what’s all the wealth worths if people are unhappy? So now, the goal is: let’s all be happy! 🙂

UN reform needed according to president of General Assembly 66th elected president of the UN General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser urges UN reform in a recent interview saying that the attitude of Russia and China towards Syria proves how the given rules are unsuitable for solving crises like this. “The world has changed; the UN should also reform itself to deal with the issues of today. Sixty years ago who could imagine we’ll be discussing climate change, food security, or the world would reach seven billion people, so we need to see a more active and effective UN. In the Security Council…