Purpose of the Guide

Submitted by Inci Otker-Robe

Fragile and conflict-affected countries confront some of the most extreme risks and constraints to their management that, if unaddressed, could create a vicious cycle of poverty, fragility, and conflict with far-reaching implications beyond these states. A well-balanced and collective approach to risk and opportunity can build on the progress made toward better development results going forward.

GA/AB/4065 Sixty-seventh General Assembly Fifth Committee 31st Meeting (AM)

Delegates Support Global Field Support Strategy Implementation but Proposed Mission Budgets Draw Divergent Views

Conseil des droits de l’homme Vingt-troisième session Point 3 de l’ordre du jour Promotion et protection de tous les droits de l’homme, civils, politiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels, y compris le droit au développement

Résumé

GA/11369

Sixty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary 77th Meeting (AM & PM)

BREAK ‘VICIOUS CHAIN THAT BINDS VICTIMS TO CRIMINALS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Some 25 Million Harmed by ‘Barbarity’, General Assembly President Says as Anti-Crime Chief Cites Multi-Billion Dollar Enterprise

Effective migration policy requires cooperation among states, and the agenda for cooperation has become increasingly complex and multifaceted. These factors and others motivate states to create and participate in inter-state consultation mechanisms of various kinds. These mechanisms may be topic-specific, or they may be established based on the geographic proximity of the participants, or by similarities in level of economic development, or on a combination of these and other factors. They may be specific to recognizable regions, or span regions and continents.

The world’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) number in the tens of millions; the majority of are in Africa. IDPs are profoundly vulnerable and must contend with homelessness, hunger, human rights violations and violence. For years, the African Union has sought to help mitigate the plight of IDPs and now with the entry into force of the Kampala Convention they have formulated and adopted a legally binding instrument that can do more to help this population.

El Día Mundial de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, marca la celebración de ciento cincuenta años de acción humanitaria y el sentido de compromiso permanente de las organizaciones de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja al servicio de las personas vulnerables en el mundo contemporáneo sujeto a constante transformación. Por Tadateru Konoé, presidente de la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, y Peter Maurer, presidente del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja. .