Sentences with phrase «un general assembly»

[2] UN General Assembly, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol.

The right to development was recognised in 1986 by the UN General Assembly with the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development (DRD).

[25] The UN General Assembly recently emphasised the link between development and human rights, in outlining a program towards sustainable development, noting the interdependence of economic development, social development and environmental protection.

The UN General Assembly has repeatedly emphasised the need for development issues to be addressed by governments.

The UN General Assembly adopted this landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous peoples and outlawing discrimination against them — a move that followed more than two decades of debate.

53 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1992, UN doc A / RES / 47 / 135, 18 December 1992.

In 2008 he won the Australian Human Rights Award, and his contribution to coordinating Indigenous Peoples» advocacy for the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly is well known and respected.

The International Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1966, to coincide with the date in 1960 when police killed 69 people in Sharpeville, South Africa at a peaceful protest against apartheid laws.

That the Australian Government make a statement of support in the UN General Assembly and UN Human Rights Council for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a matter of priority.

Declared by the UN General Assembly in 1986, the Right to Development refocuses development on the realization of all human rights.

The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that «every organ of society... shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms... [and] to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance», (UN General Assembly resolution 217A (III), 1948).

UN General Assembly, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: resolution / adopted by the General Assembly, 2 October 2007, A / RES / 61 / 295, Art 7 and Art 22.

In 1993, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action was adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights and declared by the UN General Assembly.

Performed digital diplomacy duties for the UK mission to the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly.

On the other hand geopolitical tensions between the US and North Korea are on the rise — with Donald Trump threatening to «destroy North Korea» in his first UN general assembly speech.

The evidence that this issue has arrived could be seen everywhere during the UN General Assembly First Committee on -LSB-...]

Austria, Egypt, France, Pakistan and other nations called for international talks on fully autonomous weapons during the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York this month.

Oct: During the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York, 16 governments articulate their views on killer robots in their statements, including for the first time Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Ireland made its first public statement on the matter at the UN General Assembly in September 2013, stating that «our focus must always be to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights,» principles that «must also apply to weapons which will be developed in the future, such as fully autonomous weapons systems.»

The move attracted significant media interest and one of the company's founders, Ryan Gariepy, subsequently spoke to governments and campaigners in New York in October during the annual UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.

Kane promotes the «UN's disarmament forums» and UN General Assembly to address the implications of killer robots.

During the conventional weapons debate, on 30 October, five states spoke about fully autonomous weapons or «lethal autonomous robots» in their UN General Assembly First Committee statement: Austria, France, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Each October, two UN General Assembly committees meet which are relevant to international efforts to address fully autonomous weapons:

She then penned a July 2013 article for The Huffington Post that observed the challenge requires «some global standards» and suggested UN disarmament fora and the UN General Assembly address the implications of killer robots.

The leadership of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will be in New York on 19 - 20 October to conduct outreach at the UN General Assembly's annual First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, which opened on 8 October and is chaired by Ambassador Karel van Oostrom, permanent representative of the Netherlands to the UN in New York.

More states have raised autonomous weapons concerns at the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security this year than in the past two years, according to a Campaign to Stop Killer Robots review of statements from the 2015 session, which concludes on 9 November.

The Declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 13, 2007.

Apparently free e-versions of UN General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal) documents pre-1993 are unavailable.

Sweden has admitted in its its Country Progress Report to the UN General Assembly Special Session on AIDS that it was unable to estimate the number of people involved in prostitution since it is largely hidden.

Within the last few years, the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council have adopted resolutions formally recognizing the human right to water.

Binnie also continues to serve as chairman of the United Nations Internal Justice Council, where he is responsible for advising the UN General Assembly in its implementation of the new UN Dispute Tribunal and Appeals Tribunal systems.

Only three years after the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the UN General Assembly, there are questions about whether the international community is willing to give effect to Indigenous rights in the overall design and implementation of REDD.

There is a sorry and disgraceful footnote to the Declaration's history, involving Canada's aggressive opposition to its adoption when it came before the UN Human Rights Council in 2006 and then the UN General Assembly in 2007.

The first global forum is an event in New York co-organized with the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment, during the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in September 2018.

A few days ago, on 11 August, the co-facilitators of the process that had to produce the successors to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) sent a letter to the President of the UN General Assembly that their mission had been accomplished.

In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.

(Picture: Ricardo Lagos during a debate in a UN General Assembly, in 2001) Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, who was recently addressed United Nations adviser to assist general secretary Ban Ki - moon in negotiations regarding Climate Change,

The UN General Assembly declared 2011as the International Year of Forests (IYF).

This year, we celebrate the first International Day of Forests, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in late 2012.

Millennium Development Goals - A list of ten goals, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, improving maternal health, and ensuring environmental sustainability, adopted in 2000 by the UN General Assembly, i.e., 191 States, to be reached by 2015.

News of the project comes as the UN General Assembly meeting in New York focuses on the theme of a sustainable planet.

This week, Pope Francis is expected to implore both the U.S. Congress and the UN General Assembly to take aggressive steps to curb greenhouse - gas emissions.

This week, the eyes of the world will be in New York where the UN General Assembly is coinciding with Climate Week.

The current version attempts to capture the various ideas put forward at that meeting, as well as the views expressed in the course of the UN General Assembly thematic debate on climate change on 11 - 13 February 2008.

In 2007, the UN General Assembly approved language calling on nations to mandate that all shark fins be landed attached to the body of the shark, marking a major shift in policy and a huge victory for Arauz and other activists working to protect sharks globally.

The UN General Assembly should pass a resolution calling on the ICJ to make an advisory ruling, he said, on what sort of responsibilities countries have in terms of cutting carbon emissions to avoid dangerous warming.

We have only a small window of opportunity and we must succeed to set the world on a safer, greener, and more prosperous path,» said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 70th UN General Assembly.

17 Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) Established by WMO and UNEP and confirmed by UN general assembly December 1988 Four reports issued so far 1990 human emissions are increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases, resulting increase 0.3 °C per decade 21st century.

A month ago, therefore, the UN General Assembly formally created the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Today ministers from around the world gathered at the UN General Assembly to discuss climate change received an unprecedented statement by Friends of the Earth and social movements of climate - impacted communities from the global South as well as faith, labour, environmental, and anti-poverty groups representing tens of millions of people from around the world.