Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the UN General Assembly has adopted a two-year budget — though the U.S. voted against it.
The JPost wrote that “The 142-1 vote in the 192-member world body climaxed weeks of discussions and an all-night session that failed to reach consensus because of US objections that the budget included $6.7 [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The NY Times is reporting an interesting skirmish in a UN General Assembly Committee vote — was it the Sixth (or Legal) committee?
The U.S. sponsored what it thought was a self-evident text, and was mystified when other delegates didn’t agree.
The NYT writes that today “A UN committee has watered down a U.S. draft resolution on [...]
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Filed under: Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment, UN General Assembly
Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted the decision last week, and is sending it to the full assembly for ratification.
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The spokesperson for the President of this annual General Assembly told journalists at UNHQ/NY on Tuesday that the President is, indeed, disappointed that there was not sufficient high-level attendance at the meeting that opened Tuesday.
The President’s “disappointment”, the spokesperson said, “reflects is the fact that he was expecting them, probably based on assurances, to be [...]
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Filed under: Global Economy, Millennium Goals, UN General Assembly, United Nations, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on October 15th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, John Dugard, has said today that the UN Secretary General should pull out of the Quartet that the U.S. has put together to support President Bush’s moves for Middle East peace — unless the Quartet begins to pay due regard [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Gaza, Human Rights, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall, Sanctions, UN General Assembly
Posted on September 23rd, 2007 by Marian Houk
Following a meeting he co-chaired with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Satuday, in advance of the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, UNSG BAN Ki-Moon said, according to a report by the Associated Press, that he “plans to open a new office in Baghdad to encourage cooperation between Iraq and its neighbors, but voiced [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
Starting today, in advance of the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly — which this year is holding its 62nd annual session — the UNSG BAN Ki-Moon is co-hosting a series of high-level meetings on world problems.
On Saturday, BAN the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, will co-chair a high-level meeting on Iraq from [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Donors, Iraq, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, UN General Assembly
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Here are excerpts from the regular noon briefing with journalists at UNHQ/NY:
“Question:Â Looking back on this year, did anything happen that mattered in the General Assembly? What were the highlights of things in terms of the things that happened over the last year and did they have any impact on the rest of the world?
GA [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The new President of the next General Assembly will speak to journalists in the UNCA club on 13th October. He or she is already known — but not yet to us.
His or her spokesperson will be Janos Tisovszky, a Hungarian UN staff member who joined the Organization in 1990.
An informal high-level “event” on Climate Change [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
Is this not a bit much? Especially when one of them is not only from South Korea, but was BAN Ki-Moon’s former boss? [None of them are Al Gore, however...]
And if you need three Special Envoys, why not four — with one for Africa? And why not five — with one just [...]
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