GENEVA / PHNOM PENH (14 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, will carry out an official visit to the country from 19 to 25 May 2013 to further explore the progress achieved on the implementation of the recommendations made in his previous reports on the judiciary, parliamentary reform, electoral reform and economic land concessions.

GENÈVE / PHNOM PENH (Cambodge) ¦ 24 avril 2013 - À l'occasion de la Journée mondiale du paludisme, le 25 avril, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) a reconnu que des progrès importants ont été accomplis pour prévenir et combattre le paludisme, y compris dans les pays fortement touchés d'Afrique subsaharienne, soulignant néanmoins la menace que fait peser la résistance aux antipaludiques dans le Bassin du Mékong, en Asie du Sud-Est, où une action d'urgence est aujourd'hui engagée.

MANILA, 24 April 2013 -On World Malaria Day, 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific urges Member States to remain steadfast in the fight against malaria to preserve the gains made and eliminate malaria as a public health threat.

The theme for World Malaria Day this year is “Invest in the future. Defeat malaria.” because progress towards malaria control or elimination must be maintained and intensified.

AG/11355 Assemblée générale Soixante-septième Débat thématique - matin & après-midi

Avec l’expérience de ces 20 dernières années, la justice pénale internationale apparaît comme une contribution cruciale -mais insuffisante à elle seule- à la réconciliation

There are currently 66 countries and 7 territories around the world that are affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war that pose a structural barrier to development and economic growth. Landmines pose a threat not only to the lives and safety of the people but also keep any development firmly away because of the ever-present danger of destruction.

Battambang – Farmer Prak Chrin slowly paces as she drops green bean seeds into shallow holes in the ground. Nearby, her son, a hoe in his hands, is digging these holes in the family’s new farmland in a far-flung part of north-western Cambodia.

Tucked in a hillside forest, the freshly-plowed field was once shrub land infested with landmines. Now it is a ticket to a more stable future for the 50-year-old woman and her three sons. Rice, corn and beans are growing side by side on the land after it was swept clean of landmines and other explosive devices in June 2012.

Joint media release

• Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs

• The Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence

• The Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Special Minister of State, Attorney General, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for the Public Service and Integrity

1 April 2013

Australia has become a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions with legislation commencing today (April 1, 2013) making it an offence in Australia to develop, keep or transfer land mines or cluster munitions.

Geneve – Dans notre monde toujours plus mobile et interconnecté, la migration fait désormais partie intégrante de la vie d’environ 215 millions de migrants internationaux et de 740 millions de migrants internes. Elle influence aussi profondément la vie de leur famille restée au pays et celle des communautés d’origine, de transit et de destination du monde entier.

GENEVA, March 24th, 2013 - In today’s increasingly mobile and interconnected world, migration has become an integral part of the lives of about 215 million international and 740 million internal migrants. It also profoundly affects the lives of their families back home, as well as people in communities of migrant origin, transit and destination world-wide.