Tag: United Nations

• Wednesday, September 17th 2014 - 01:52 UTC

  UN hails progress achieved in reducing damage to the ozone layer

  

  United Nations officials hailed on Tuesday the progress made in reducing damage to the ozone layer and the vital role played by one of the most successful environmental treaties in history in phasing out ozone-depleting substances.

• Monday, September 15th 2014 - 04:07 UTC

  Spanish Judge Garzon praises Argentina's sovereign payment bill and UN resolution

  

  Former Spanish Judge and Human Rights activist Baltasar Garzon praised the Sovereign Payment law approved by Argentina’s Congress last week and described the United Nation’s resolution for the creation of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring process as “essential.”

• Saturday, September 13th 2014 - 05:13 UTC

  Venezuela quietly working to ensure a seat at the UN Security Council

  

  Venezuela’s populist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a diplomatic trophy that long eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 13:46 UTC

  Timerman presents plan to regulate sovereign debts before the UN on Tuesday

  

  Foreign Minister Hector Timerman referred to Argentina’s plan to regulate international debt restructurings, to be presented on Tuesday before the UN’s General Assembly, and stressed the importance of the project saying that “the legal loophole is huge” and that it affects “most of the countries in the world.”

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 08:01 UTC

  Judge Griesa schedules new hearing; Argentina appeals to United Nations on holdout case

  

  The US judge overseeing litigation by Argentina and creditors who did not participate in the country's past debt restructurings scheduled a hearing to assess whether Citigroup Inc (C.N) should be forced to comply with a subpoena.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 00:15 UTC

  UN accepts extension of Uruguay's continental shelf to 350 miles; first in South America

  

  The United Nations accepted the proposition of the Uruguayan government to extend the Uruguayan territorial seabed from 200 to 350 miles. Uruguay thus becomes the first South American nation to receive the approval of the UN for such request.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay Vice-president and Latam UN ambassadors claim US justice took sides

  

  Latin American ambassadors to the United Nations (UN) and Uruguay's Vice-president Danilo Astori showed their support to Argentina in its dispute against holdout hedge funds. They agreed that the so-called 'vulture funds' are a risk to debtor nations and that they pose a threat to the region.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands case to be addressed on Thursday at the UN C24

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman is heading a multi-party delegation that on Thursday will make the presentation of Argentina's position on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute before the UN Decolonization Committee in New York.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 09:14 UTC

  Uruguay ready to receive Guantanamo prisoners and displaced Syrian children

  

  Uruguayan government negotiations with Washington to receive detainees from the US jail in Guantanamo base, and with the UN to host Syrian children and their families are well advanced, revealed Foreign minister Luis Almagro.

• Friday, May 30th 2014 - 00:58 UTC

  UN honors the 'long and proud history' of one million UN peacekeepers

  

  Hailing the “long and proud” history of United Nations peacekeeping – with over one million “blue helmets” having served in more than 70 operations on four continents since 1948 – Secretary General Ban Ki-moon led the Organization on Thursday in honoring those men and women who lost their lives in the past year, while looking to the future, envisioning a modern, global force that can effectively tackle emerging peace and security challenges.