Tag: United Nations

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 01:20 UTC

  Spain now disputes Portugal’s Savage Islands EEZ before the UN

  

  Spain has quietly lodged an official request with the United Nations to have Portugal’s southern-most territory, the Savage Islands, declared as rocks and not as islands, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 12:35 UTC

  Venezuela and Guyana agree to resume border dispute negotiations under UN umbrella

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ended a one-day visit to Guyana on Saturday in a move that strengthens the relationship between the two countries that have had a long standing border dispute. The two countries have agreed to ask the Jamaica-born academic, Professor Norman Girvan to continue as the United Nations (UN) Good Officer as they seek to settle their border dispute.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:45 UTC

  UN prepares to celebrate this Friday World Indigenous People Day

  

  The International Day of the World's Indigenous People, 9 August was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995 – 2004).

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 03:52 UTC

  “Argentina, the Falklands and the UN: Self-determined”

  

  This week’s incursion of President Cristina Fernandez at the United Nations Security Council, (because during August Argentina holds the rotating presidency of the council9 caught the attention of The Economist in a brief piece under the heading “Argentina, the Falklands and the UN: self determined”.

• Monday, August 5th 2013 - 18:14 UTC

  Mercosur complains to Ban Ki-moon on US global espionage and EU affront towards Bolivia’s Evo Morales

  

  Mercosur foreign ministers warned UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the serious implications which the United States global espionage system represents for the international community, during a Monday midday meeting at the UN headquarters in New York.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 03:00 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon on World Press Freedom Day: “When it is safe to speak, the whole world benefits.”

  

  United Nations officials issued a call to action to ensure the safety of journalists in every country, echoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who declared; “When it is safe to speak, the whole world benefits”.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 - 01:20 UTC

  UN approves first-ever historic arms trade treaty with 23 abstentions and 3 negative votes

  

  The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the 70 billion dollars international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.
  There were 154 votes in favour, 3 against and 23 abstentions.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Argentina and UK clash at UN: no talks without the accord of Islanders

  

  Argentina's Foreign minister Hector Timerman together with Latam representatives called on UN chief Ban Ki Moon and demanded talks with the UK on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty, but Britain again refused, pointing to the Islanders' overwhelming vote this month to remain British.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Seven countries, including Argentina and UK calls for a universal Arms Trade Treaty

  

  The UK and Argentina joined Foreign Ministers from six other countries to call for a universal Arms Trade Treaty. Countries of the world gathered at the UN in July 2012 to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty but the conference could not reach an agreement.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegates touring US and Latinamerica to drum up support for self-determination

  

  Following the resounding results from this weekend’s referendum Falkland Islands delegates will tour the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America to drum up support for their right to self-determination.