Tag: United Nations General Assembly

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 07:46 UTC

  UK ratifies position on new Security Council permanent members but wants to limit veto right

  

  The UK supports new permanent seats for Brazil, Germany, India, Japan and an African representation as part of the reforms to the United Nations Security Council, said Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, during a debate at the General Assembly.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 07:54 UTC

  Gibraltar and Falklands right to self determination underlined at academic symposium

  

  The people of the non-self governing territories on the United Nations list, like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, have to be decolonised in accordance with the wishes of those people in exercise of the right of self determination, said Gibraltar Deputy Chief minister Dr. Joseph Garcia during the opening of the academic symposium on “Self-determination, devolution and independence in the 21st century”

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Spain join the Security Council

  

  In three rounds of voting on Thursday the United Nations General Assembly elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2015.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez celebrates the UN assembly vote: “we have to feel proud”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández praised on Tuesday the United Nations General Assembly approval of a project that proposes legal framework to regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, saying “Argentina has set an international leading case” with the initiative.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  UN assembly sides with Argentina votes to change sovereign debt restructuring

  

  The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of a legal framework that would help regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, a project that was suggested by the Argentine government and presented before the assembly by the Group of 77 plus China.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 02:30 UTC

  UN approves ‘non member observer’ status for the Palestine authority

  

  The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded UN status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 17:11 UTC

  Will no one listen to us Falkland Islanders?

  

  By Roger Edwards, Falklands MLA - Published in The Guardian
  The Falkland Islands have been much in the news of late, and we are extremely grateful for the strong support we have and are receiving from the people and the government of the UK.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  UN Assembly president and Timerman discuss Falklands/Malvinas situation and Unasur

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman received on Wednesday the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Joseph Deiss to discuss “the Malvinas situation, Unasur growing presence and the international financial crisis”, among other global issues.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 20:24 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon appointed to a second term as Secretary General

  

  The United Nations General Assembly agreed Tuesday to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization.