Sentences with phrase «of un»

The Cleaner Greener program is the mirror image of the UN Agenda 21 program.

President Mahama who is the Co-Chair of the SDG Advocacy Group of the UN will take his audience through the importance of information and media to sustainable development, with a focus...

[74] The UN Secretary - General, among many, considered the war illegal and a violation of the UN Charter.

For these reasons in common with France and in consultation with our European partners, the United Kingdom will abstain on any vote on full Palestinian membership of the UN.»

President Mahama who is the Co-Chair of the SDG Advocacy Group of the UN will take his audience through the importance of information and media to sustainable development, with a focus on Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda.

Laws making homosexuality punishable by jail time in Uganda, and lack of property rights for women in India and the Middle East contribute to the AIDS epidemic by leaving people vulnerable to the disease without the legal standing to seek help, said Joseph Deiss, president of the UN General Assembly at the ceremony.

Onyeama stated this at an event on «Building Interactive Coalition against Corruption to Achieve the SDGs» co-hosted by Britain, Denmark and Nigeria on the margin of the UN General Assembly.

«We look forward to the support of the UN to ensure a successful engagement and strategy to eliminate corruption in Africa.

So all members of the United Nations are both legal and recognized (by the majority of UN member nations) states.

Or, in other words, what can a permanent member do to get themselves kicked out of the UN (if anything)?

It was later adopted by the General Assembly of the UN.

It now has 179 States Parties out of a UN membership of 193 countries.

It is against international law and the will of the UN general assembly.

I covered it in detail in my answer on Skeptics here, the exact quote of # 19 for example is: «The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of Israel is null and void from the very beginning, whatever time has elapsed because it was done contrary to the wish of the people of Palestine and their national right to their homeland and contradicts with the principles embodied in the charter of the UN, the first of which is the right of self - determination

«One of the key reasons why Biafra should be allowed to hold a referendum is because the principle of self - determination has, since World War 11 become a part of the United Nations Charter, which states in Article 1 (2), that one of the purposes of the UN is «to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self - determination of people.

At a historic summit meeting of the UN Security Council in September 2009, significant steps were taken to reinvigorate the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

«The Nigerian delegation will also canvass the support of UN member states for the Buhari Administration's efforts towards combatting illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development.

There are countries that are not member of UN.

Dignitaries at the event include among others, the representative of the Borno State Commissioner of Justice, Formation Commanders, Principal Staff Officers of the Division, heads of various security agencies in the State, members of UN and NGOs, member of the Presidential Initiative on North East, beneficiaries and their families.

French troops and a 10,000 - strong force of UN peacekeepers have been battling to stabilise the former French colony.

The point of view of the other members was that the RoC was not expelled, but rather that «China» continued to be a member of the UN, and it was a matter of which delegation should be recognised.

An example would be Kosovo, which is recognised by 57 % of UN member states but is still not a member of the UN.

No reform of the UN will work unless the veto power is removed from all permanent members.

There are recognized countries that are members of UN.

There are recognized countries that are not members of UN.

On 24 December 1991, the Soviet Permanent Representative to the UN Yuli Vorontsov delivered to the Secretary - General of the UN a letter from the Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

Also present were the Presidents of the ECOWAS commission and also the Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary General who happens to be the head of the UN office for West Africa and the Sahel.

Labour is being urged to lead calls for the establishment of a UN rapid reaction disaster relief force.

She explained that humanists share the vision which underlies the principles of the UN, which is that of «a world where everyone lives cooperatively on the basis of shared human values, respect for human rights, and concern for future generations».

The rule that states a need for other's recognition is pre 20th century, self determination is inscribed in Chapter I, Article 1, section 2 of the UN charter, and is getting more play since then.

It was interesting to see Jack Straw, former Labour foreign secretary come out in support of the UN move by the Palestinians.

The bill could not come at a worse time for Anglo - Russian relations, with the two countries still at loggerheads over Russia's veto of a UN resolution on the violence in Syria.

President Mahama, who is the Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocacy Group of the UN, will speak on the importance of information and media to sustainable development, with a focus on Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda.

The fact that people around the world expect the UN to deliver (which is why they are, so often, disappointed when it fails); the fact that we now expect states to work collectively on global problems; the fact that almost every aspect of human endeavour and planetary resource is addressed by international laws or bodies — all this reflects the transformative impact of the UN on our world and our lives.

Such a decision by the security council can be vetoed by any of the UN veto powers.

What it certainly does not need, is the consensual reframing of search and rescue as fighting crime instead so as to warrant a military response under a Chapter VII resolution of the UN Security Council.

As with all the material and advisory support we are providing to the NTC, this support is within the terms of UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 on Libya.

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary - General, Farid Zarif, lauded Liberians for their peaceful participation in the electoral process.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Pavan Dhaliwal commented, «We welcome the Children and Families Bill's strengthening the role of the Children's Commissioner, including requiring her to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.

Throughout the collection, we were keen to showcase the different parts of the UN system, not just its structures and programmes, but also the various actors who make up what is often lazily referred to as «the UN»: member states, staff and the host of groups — NGOs, academics, private sector companies, foundations, regional organisations, etc. — with which it works.

This morning, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, are headed to NYC, where the VP will deliver keynote remarks at Israel's Mission to the UN event at the Queens Museum celebrating the 70th anniversary of the UN's vote calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel.

International compromises, of the kind that made the establishment of the UN possible, still appear too costly.

The previous government has resorted an act that has been determined by the Security Council as a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression (Article 39 of the UN Charter) and the Security Council decides to take actions — but the new government has changed its behaviour and therefore, the Security Council may remove the actions (such as bans or...).

«The summit outcome document, entitled: «Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,» was agreed on by 193 member states of the UN, and includes 17 sustainable development goals,» the statement said.

We also wanted to emphasise the many identities of the UN.

We considered traditional approaches but also more creative ones that recognised there are no neat divisions between the so - called «three pillars» of the UN, such as a focus on crises — humanitarian, security, political and environmental — or on prevention, straddling human rights, development and so on.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has also urged people to observe one meat - free day a week to curb carbon emissions.

75 - foot banner unfurled along Westminster Bridge, as outrage grew over the Israeli bombing of a UN school in Gaza

Peacekeeping is at the centre of the UN's efforts to maintain international peace and security.

There have been spectacular failures (Rwanda) and notable successes (El Salvador) but how great is the contribution of UN peacekeeping overall?