(New York, 24 December 2013) The Special Advisers to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh, have expressed deep...
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United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic - Final report
UN team finds ‘credible information’ on more cases of chemical weapons use in Syria 12 December 2013 – The United Nations team probing the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which in September found...
Joint Statement from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations (UN)
The OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria has been established today. This follows close consultations between the Director-General of the OPCW and the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It also...
International Migration and Development: Contributions and Recommendations of the International System
This publication has been prepared by the UN system organizations and related international entities as input to the second UN General Assembly High-level Dialogue on International Migration and...
Statement by Mr. Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Ms. Jennifer Welsh, United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in the Central African Republic
(New York, 01 October 2013) The United Nations Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Ms. Jennifer Welsh, expressed their deep concern...
Closing the Gap: Palestinian State-building and Resumed Negotiations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) comes at a more hopeful time. Though many challenges remain, the resumption of direct negotiations on 29 July 2013 in Washington...
Statement by the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Ms. Jennifer Welsh, on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
(New York, 22 August 2013) - The Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Ms. Jennifer Welsh, condemn the reported killing of hundreds of...
Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience
Introduction Losses from disasters are a threat to people’s lives and development; disaster risk is accumulating in most regions. The scale of vulnerability and exposure to hazards, and the resulting...
Statement by Mr. Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Syria
(New York, 8 July 2013) - Special Adviser Adama Dieng is deeply concerned by the escalating use of rhetoric by political and religious leaders in a number of countries in the Middle East and North...
Statement by the UN Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait, Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq, on his visit to Yemen, 1-4 July 2013 [EN/AR]
The UN Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait has concluded a three-day visit to Yemen. The visit aimed to increase the attention of the international community, particularly humanitarian...
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013
Foreword The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the most successful global anti-poverty push in history. Significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the...
A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development
New global partnerships should be a core part of the transformative shifts needed to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 and build on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals, members of a...
DR Congo + 2 more
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Conclude Historic Mission to Africa’s Great Lakes Region, Pledge Commitment to Implement Peace, Security and Economic Development
KAMPALA, May 24, 2013—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on Friday ended a three-day historic mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and...
DR Congo + 2 more
Le secrétaire général des Nations Unies et le président du Groupe de la Banque mondiale concluent une mission historique dans la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique, s'engageant à assurer la paix, la sécurité et le développement économique de la région
KAMPALA, 24 mai 2013 – Le secrétaire général des Nations Unies Ban Ki-moon et le président du Groupe de la Banque mondiale Jim Yong Kim achèvent, ce vendredi, une mission historique de trois jours en...
DR Congo + 2 more
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to Make Historic Joint Visit to Africa’s Great Lakes Region May 22-24
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 - World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make an historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region from May 22nd...
Statement of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, on the judicial process against the former Head of State and former Chief of Intelligence of Guatemala
(New York, 23 April 2013) The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, urges the judicial authorities involved in the trial of former Head of State Jose Efrain Rios Montt and...
Statement of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations General Assembly
(New York, 02 April 2013) The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, welcomes the inclusion in the newly adopted Arms Trade Treaty of a prohibition on the transfer of arms which...
Statement of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in Myanmar
(New York, 25 March 2013) The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, expresses deep concern at reports of increased violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in...
Statement of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in Mali
(New York, 1 February 2013) Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, warned today of the increasing risk of reprisal attacks against ethnic Tuareg and...
World + 3 more
Attacks against United Nations Personnel Claim at Least 26 Lives in 2012 as Abductions, Detention of Personnel on Duty Continue
Press Release ORG/1560 At least 26 United Nations personnel — 9 civilians and 17 peacekeepers, 2 of them police officers — were killed in the line of duty during 2012, the United Nations Staff Union...