Tag: United Nations

Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:46 UTC
“The Argentines are childish stalkers who menace us Falkland Islanders”

By Lisa Watson (*), published in The Telegraph - Having a neighbor like Argentina is like living next door to your stalker – someone who terrorizes you but then tearfully berates you for rejecting their advances.
Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 19:48 UTC
UN announcement has no implications on sovereignty over the Falklands.

A statement released earlier this afternoon from the Falkland Islands Government regarding the UN announcement of the extension of the Argentine continental shelf states that the announcement makes “no adjudication on the sovereignty of the Falkland Island and has no implications for the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands”.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:33 UTC
International Women’s Day celebrations champion a Planet 50-50 by 2030

International Women's Day celebrations on 8 March will mobilize people around the world to call for a Planet 50-50 by 2030. UN Women is organizing a series of diverse, high-profile events in over 40 countries, where ordinary citizens, activists, musicians, athletes, students, security personnel, scholars and stock exchange officials will be among those who commit to “Stepping It Up for Gender Equality.”
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
International Women's Day: “From the Glass Ceiling to a Carpet of Shards”

By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki moon - As a boy growing up in post-war Korea, I remember asking about a tradition I observed: women going into labor would leave their shoes at the threshold and then look back in fear. “They are wondering if they will ever step into those shoes again,” my mother explained.
Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 23:26 UTC
UN watchdog blasts Ban Ki-moon blessing of Syria and Venezuela as C24 members

A UN watchdog group criticized Ban Ki-moon for his blessings to the UN committee charged with “decolonizing” among others, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, at the same time as the 24-nation group elected mass murdering Syria and human rights abusing Venezuela to leadership posts.
Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 15:16 UTC
Argentina rejoins the real world

UN John J. Metzler(*) Reversing the trend of economic mismanagement, ending a fifteen year debt impasse with foreign lenders, calming a percolating political crisis over the disputed Falkland/Malvinas islands in the South Atlantic, and overcoming the image of unpredictability, Argentina’s new conservative government faces serious obstacles in reintroducing Argentina to an often skeptical world.
Thursday, February 11th 2016 - 05:45 UTC
ICAO agrees on first binding limits on emissions from the aviation industry

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the announcement by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) proposing the first binding limits on emissions from the aviation industry.
Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 07:10 UTC
Three letters from Macri to Ban Ki-moon; possible summit with Obama in New York

Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra met on Tuesday in New York with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and delivered three letters from president Mauricio Macri.
Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:34 UTC
Venezuela could lose UN voting rights because of US$ 3m in arrears

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are among nine countries that have lost their voting rights at the United Nations because of arrears in their annual contributions to the world body.
Saturday, January 16th 2016 - 07:37 UTC
Migration to foreign countries surged 41% in the last 15 years, says UN report

The number of people who migrated to foreign countries surged by 41% in the last 15 years to reach 244 million in 2015, according to a United Nations study released this week. Of those people, 20 million are refugees.