United Nations declarations

The United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development unequivocally establishes development as an inalienable right and puts people at the centre of the ... It must also be pointed out that the idea of development through equity and justice was captured in the United Nations Charter (UN 1945).

Speaking at the launch of the “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development” at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters, in New York, recently the minister ... In light of the UN's declaration, Deputy Minister Nel called for strengthened efforts by stakeholders and citizens to save water.

The Canadian pirate site blocking plan may violate The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye warns. He informs the CRTC that website blocking is an extreme measure which could restrict people's freedom of expression, especially when there's no judicial ...

A number of foreign partners called it a "step back". The Venice Commission stated that the requirements for the anti-corruption activists to submit e-declarations of assets should be completely removed from the relevant law or significantly narrowed. On March 21, 2018, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on ...

The official spoke in response to a newspaper report that the South is seeking to produce a declaration of Korean Peninsula denuclearization during the summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom. As to the solution to the North Korean ...

The official spoke in response to a newspaper report that the South is seeking to produce a declaration of Korean Peninsula denuclearization during the summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom. As to the solution to the North Korean ...

The declaration on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula can be adopted at the meeting of the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong Un and President of South Korea Moon Jae-in which will be held on April 27, Kyodoсо reported quoting South Korean administration official. The adoption of the declaration ...

“As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, let us honour those who perished or suffered under slavery,” the UN chief continued. To permanently honour the victims, the United Nations in 2015 erected a memorial, The Ark of Return by Haitian-American architect ...

The special adviser to the UN on indigenous rights since 2014 was among 600 people accused of terrorism over their alleged links to Maoist rebels in a ... The activist who helped draft the seminal 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples said she believed she was targeted over her ...

This year Pope Francis chose to devote the meeting to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 10, 1948 ... We Americans can be very proud of Eleanor Roosevelt whom President Truman appointed as a delegate to the United Nations in 1947. When the ...

In September 2018, world leaders will come together at UN Headquarters in New York for the first-ever UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis to adopt a progressive, visionary and actionable political declaration on the disease. Both agency heads said that the High-Level Meeting ...

Seven decades ago the eighteen members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission were working feverishly to find agreement on the final text of the Declaration, developed over the prior year and a half. Eleanor Roosevelt, recognized for her strong views on social justice and her ability to bridge ...

The activist who helped draft the seminal 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples said she believed she was targeted over her condemnation in December of alleged rights abuses in the southern region of Mindanao, where Mr Duterte is battling pro-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ...

The EU also stresses the importance of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and calls on all states to collaborate with the current rapporteur. Across the world, human rights defenders protecting and promoting the rights to safe drinking water ...

Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani said that Qatar has decided to build on the success achieved by the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Doha in 2015 by launching an ambitious program to make the Doha Declaration a reality through cooperation with the United ...

The EU calls again on UN Member States to consider similar non-recognition measures in line with the UNGA Resolution 68/262. The European Union does not recognise the holding of elections by the Russian Federation in the Crimean peninsula. The ongoing militarisation of the peninsula continues to ...

However, royal fans have been quick to point out that Her Majesty's declaration isn't exactly as warm in tone as it was ahead of Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton in 2011. When the Queen gave her consent before William and Kate's nuptials, she referred to the duo as 'Our Most Dearly Beloved ...

The EU reiterates its support for the work of the UN Special Envoy and the UN-led Geneva process in this regard. The EU played its part in the fight against Da'esh and now that this terrorist organisation is almost defeated in Syria we believe that a political agreement remains the only way towards a ...

It was an unlawful use of force, a violation of ... the United Nations charter, the basis of the international legal order,” Allen said. Amid heated debate, the Russian envoy, Vissaly Nebenzia, rejected UK accusations of responsibility and suggested that the British government might have carried out the attack ...

In pursuance of the provisions of the ECOWAS 2001 Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, and within the framework of the Programme of Assistance to Member States organizing elections, the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ...

In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is rarely acknowledged but there is a special relationship between Jews and human rights, of which we should be proud. It is not an exclusive relationship but special because many Jews have contributed, some at the cost of ...

The election of a pro-engagement president in South Korea has been followed by Kim's declaration at the start of this year that his regime had attained its goal of building an arsenal of nuclear missiles. The Pyongyang regime now sees itself entering negotiations from a position of strength as a nuclear ...

Ethiopia must probe and prosecute culprits of recent killings: U.N. ... The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has expressed concern over the reinstatement of a state of emergency ... I am concerned about the declaration of a second State of Emergency last month.

The conference saw about 800 global representatives from academia, research organizations, the United Nations and cities gather at the Shaw Conference Centre. The declaration's draft text will go out to cities across the world through the various groups that participated in the conference, Iveson said.

We demand the strict observance of the Objectives and Principles of the UN Charter and International Law, among others, in the peaceful solution to controversies, the prohibition of the use and threats of force, respect to self-determination, sovereignty, territorial integration and the non-interference in the ...

Responding to the budget, farmers in Botswana accused the government of ignoring the Malabo Declaration by allocating low levels of funding to the development of the agricultural sector. In an interview with Farmers Weekly, Botswana-based farmer and agricultural researcher, Pearl Ranna, said that due ...

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas will urge world powers at the UN Security Council on Tuesday to stand up against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and establish a revamped peace process. President Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem ...

The United Nations is embarked on a year-long campaign to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N. General Assembly on December 10, 1948. Campaigners say the declaration is as relevant today as it was when drafted seven decades ago.

Croatia can wholeheartedly agree with the goals of this declaration and we offer our support.”[7]. As of February 2018, 72 countries—representing more than one-third of all UN member states—have already endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, including 20 of Croatia's fellow European Union states.

RAMALLAH, March 17, 2018 (WAFA) – Protests that raged in the West Bank and on the Gaza border with Israel marking 100 days for the declaration by US ... It said US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has presented a bill to cut aid to 40 countries that voted for an anti-US resolution at the UN ...