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Netanyahu ‘history lesson’ offer spurned by UN official

Edit Arabnews 08 May 2016
A senior UN official Saturday brushed aside an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a lecture on Jewish history, amid a row over a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site ... The UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace ......

The UN General Assembly held "Religions for Pace" forum initiated by Kazakhstan and discussed the manifesto "Peace. XXI Century" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
May 6, 2016 in New York, at the initiative of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the UN General Assembly convened a high-level dialogue on Religions for Peace. The proposal to hold a similar event at the UN was announced by the Head of State in his speech at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, as well as at a meeting with Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General during a working visit to Paris in November 2015....

FÚTBOL FEMENINO SUPERÓ CON CATEGORÍA A EVERTON (Club Deportivo de la Universidad Católica - Cruzados SADP)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
Un sábado perfecto tuvo el fútbol femenino de Universidad Católica. La primera en saltar a la cancha fue la categoría Sub 17, que en un ajustado encuentro consiguió una victoria por 1-0 ... En el cotejo de las Adultas, en tanto, las distancias fueron mayores con un categórico 3-0. La Franja jugó un ......

Does Israel seek 'final solution' against Palestinians?

Edit Topix 08 May 2016
The meeting, held under the informal UN mechanism known as the Arria-Formula, was called for last month by Venezuela, Egypt, Malaysia, and Senegal, who all co-chaired it. NEW YORK - Members of the UN Security Council should ask themselves....

V K Singh

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
Salman Khurshid For UN ban, India listed JeM chief Masood Azhar's global terror connections Masood Azhar doesn't meet UN criteria to be banned as terrorist ... Last month China had blocked India’s bid at the UN to ban Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief and mastermind of the Pathankot terror attack. The UN had banned JeM but India’s ......

In Seychelles, Ban calls for global action on climate change and easing humanitarian suffering

Edit United Nations 08 May 2016
8 May 2016 – Small States like Seychelles have served as a “magnifying lens” for many issues that all nations must face, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the National Assembly today, calling for the archipelago's continued support as the UN tackles three critical challenges ... UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)....

In Seychelles, Ban calls for global action on climate change and easing humanitarian suffering (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
UN - United Nations) Paris Agreement on climate change ... Congratulations and thank you very much for your leadership,' said the UN chief, also hailing the nation's leadership and influence in urging other governments to ratify the accord as soon as possible, as 55 countries, representing 55 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, are needed for the agreement to enter into force....

RA National Sustainable Development Council Holds Meeting (Government of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
Under the first agenda item, NSDC Secretary, President of 'For Sustainable Human Development' NGO Karine Danielyan introduced a concept referred to as 'Sustainable development agenda up to 2030,' which has been developed as part of Armenia's national strategy for implementation of the UN Rio + 20 Summit recommendations....

N Korea’s Kim Jong-un pledges nuclear restraint

Edit Taipei Times 08 May 2016
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with nuclear arms, and set a five-year plan to boost the secretive state’s moribund economy, state media reported yesterday ... to attack the US and South Korea, and has defied UN resolutions in its pursuit of nuclear weapons....

North Korea will only use nuclear weapons if 'sovereignty is threatened'

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
Kim Jong-un tells first congress in 36 years that his country is willing to neutralise relations with previously hostile states. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong -un, has said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed on by others with nuclear arms, and that it is willing to ... The Observer profile / Kim Jong-un....

UN launches multi-partner trust fund for Zika virus response

Edit The Oslo Times 08 May 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the establishment of the UN Zika Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to finance critical unfunded priorities in the response to the Zika outbreak. The Fund, which aims to provide a rapid, flexible and accountable platform to support a coordinated response from the UN system and partners, ......

Health minister to attend WHA meet

Edit Taipei Times 08 May 2016
Minister of Health and Welfare-designate Lin Tzou-yien (林奏延) is to attend the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) on behalf of the incoming Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, despite the invitation’s stipulation that Taiwan’s participation should be in accordance with the “one China” principle and UN Resolution 2758, future Cabinet spokesperson Tung Chen-yuan (童振源) said yesterday....

Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang won't use nukes first

Edit Topix 08 May 2016
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a critical ruling party congress that his country will not use its nuclear weapons first unless its sovereignty is invaded, state media reported Sunday . In this frame taken from TV, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, applauds during the congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday May 7, 2016 ... ....
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