Tag: UN
armstreaty.org This category maps States’ positions on including ammunition in the scope of the Arms Trade Treaty. ‘Ammunition’, ‘munitions’ and ‘explosives’ refer to large caliber munitions (e.g. missiles) and small caliber ammunition (e.g. bullets for firearms). This is actually very interesting. You can click on each country on the map and then learn everything about their position on the trade of such arms. Very detailed and informative, check it out!
UN forum backs Web freedom after Arab Spring The United Nations’ main human rights body has for the first time backed people’s right to freedom of expression on the Internet in the wake of the massive role that social media networks played in the Arab Spring. China and Cuba have tried to limit access to the Internet and voiced some reservations but joined the consensus recognizing “the global and open nature of the Internet as a driving force in accelerating progress towards development”. China has had “difficulty” in joining consensus on civil and political rights linked to freedom of association,…
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts I reblog it instead of bookmarking it since this is what I plan to be my next research area. Once I am there, I’m gonna be posting a lot about this. Just a heads up. 🙂 un-library: A new volume of the UN Legislative Series has been issued: Materials on the responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts (ST/LEG/SER.B/25). This volume gathers together previously published material in one convenient place. The International Law Commission (ILC) began work on…
UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty un-library: The Arms Trade Treaty Conference begun at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 2nd, and will take place until 27 July 2012. Negotiations will be carried out by the 193 Member States of the UN. In addition, hundreds of representatives from non-governmental organizations,…
UN declares world happiness day The United Nations has declared that March 20 each year will be the International Day of Happiness. Yay! 🙂
Kurt Waldheim: Un métier unique au monde Former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s narratives about the most unique job in the world. It is not his memoirs, this one was written while he was still acting Secretary General in 1977. It was not actually written by him, he was interviewed by Éric Rouleau in between travels and summits in the course of fifteen months due to the Secretary General’s busy schedule. This book is mostly about then current world affairs and how the UN dealt with them. What makes it interesting today is that most of these issues – Middle…
‘Nobody can rescue the victims’ after renewed attacks, Syrian opposition says The quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped amid violence have proved futile.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has issued its ‘Global Trends’ report, revealing that 2011 saw the highest number of newly created refugees since 2000.
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un-library: World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June as mandated by General Assembly Resolution A/RES/2994(XXVII), is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the state of our environment and highlights actions people are taking around the world to preserve our planet for future generations. The 2012 theme is, Green Economy: Does it include you? UN Resources: World Environment Day Website(WED) Green Economy Reports Rio +20 Global Issues- Environment
