Por: Ban Ki-moon
(NACIONES UNIDAS CINUP – 3 de Junio de 2011).-
Casi 20 años después de la Cumbre para la Tierra de 1992, el mundo se encuentra una vez más de camino a Río, ciudad que acogerá en junio de 2012 la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. En las dos últimas décadas se han producido muchos cambios, tanto geopolíticos como en el medio ambiente.
Por Federico Mayor Zaragoza (*)
MADRID, May (IPS) Ha llegado el momento de plantarse, de decir con serenidad y firmeza que la humanidad no puede seguir padeciendo los inacabables estertores de un sistema que ha desembocado en la gravísima y múltiple crisis actual (social, financiera, alimentaria, medioambiental, política, democrática, ética…).
La moderna tecnología de la información permite hoy la participación no presencial. Y, por tanto, facilita la transición de una economía de especulación y guerra a una economía de desarrollo global sostenible.
El tiempo del silencio ha concluido. De ahora en adelante, delito de silencio.
http://www.cinup.org/susitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=809&Itemid=38
By Jane Dreaper Health correspondent, BBC News
More investment is needed to find a cure for HIV, the new head of the International Aids Society has said.
Bertrand Audoin admits this might take as long as 25 years, but he says a cure is the only way to keep ahead of the HIV epidemic in the long term during tough financial times.
Por: Ban Ki-moon
(NACIONES UNIDAS CINUP – 27 de mayo de 2011).-
Las tragedias que ha sufrido el personal de paz de las Naciones Unidas en el año en curso son un recordatorio aleccionador de los riesgos que entraña su importante labor en pro de la paz. Hoy, Día Internacional del Personal de Paz de las Naciones Unidas, rendimos homenaje a los más de 120.000 integrantes del personal militar, policial y civil que prestan servicios en todo el mundo bajo la bandera azul y recordamos a quienes han dado la vida por la paz.
Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Arrest of Ratko Mladic
New York, 26 May 2011
The Secretary-General welcomes today’s arrest of Ratko Mladic, former Commander of the army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He commends President Tadic and the Serbian authorities for this significant step toward ending impunity for those indicted for serious violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
The Secretary-General’s thoughts today are first and foremost with the victims and their families, who have waited almost sixteen years for Mr. Mladic to be brought to justice for crimes including those committed at Srebrenica. This is a historic day for international justice and for the world’s collective fight against impunity. It sends a powerful message that those who are alleged to have committed crimes against humanity may try to evade justice but they will, in the end, be held accountable.
This important arrest will enable the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to move closer to completing its mandate. Ending impunity is essential for reconciliation, sustainable peace and justice in the region.
Diálogo entre adolescentes nicaragüenses y el Director Regional
En Nicaragua, desde hace nueve años consecutivos el Día Internacional de la Radio y la Televisión a favor de la Infancia, se ha transformado en una jornada de 5 meses de movilización social en todo el país donde se pone en agenda pública y mediática los temas de interés para las y los adolescentes.
http://www.cinup.org/susitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=804
May 23, 2011
Category: Security
Topics: Polling, US In the World
A poll of U.S. opinion toward the United Nations conducted by the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Campaign finds that some 60% of Americans look upon the world body favorably, with 85% saying it is important for the U.S. to be active at the UN.
The results — which also show that 69% of Americans support paying peacekeeping dues on time, and in full — are virtually unchanged since last year. Click here for a news release on the polling from the Better World Campaign. Click here for the full findings. UN Dispatch (5/23)
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on death of UN staff in Bolivia
The Secretary-General said today he was deeply saddened to learn that four staff members of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), along with two air force pilots, were killed in a plane crash in Bolivia while monitoring for narcotic crops.
He sends his sincere condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of the UNODC staff and the Bolivian military pilots.
Their dedication to the fight against narcotic drugs will be a lasting legacy and is an inspiration to us all, the Secretary-General said.
Istanbul, Turkey, 8 May, 2011
Poor countries bid to halt the cycle of poverty, as first major development meeting of the decade opens 9 May in Istanbul
(UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 5 May) Talks on a new ten-year programme for the world’s poorest nations are underway as Heads of State, lawmakers, civil society organizations, the private sector and chiefs of international agencies gather in Istanbul, Turkey, early this month.
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