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Drug Users Need Healthcare, Not Prosecution
Edit Peace FM Online 21 Apr 2016
She, therefore, suggested the development of a system-wide policy on protection of human rights in drug-related programming by the UN Task Force on Transnational Organised Crime and Drug Trafficking ... Ms Tetteh pointed out that the development of a coherent UN system-wide guidance on the programming of treatment of drug use disorders for applications across UN programming contexts is also worthy of consideration by the session....
Subject Drug Users To Health Care, Not Criminal Justice - Ghana Urges UN
Edit Modern Ghana 21 Apr 2016
In this vein, the Minister who led a high-powered government delegation to UNGASS said Ghana advocates the development of a systems-wide policy on protection of Human Rights in drug -related programming by the UN System Task Force on Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking ... use disorders for applications across UN programming context....
A bloody drug war is terrorizing Amsterdam
Edit Business Insider 21 Apr 2016
While the Dutch system has major drawbacks, the current UN treaties forbid countries to legalize and regulate drugs for recreational use ... "If you solely look at both UN treaties and European drug laws, then even our current system is not allowed under these treaties," he wrote ... Van Kempen and a fellow researcher are currently working on a book that considers solutions outside of the UN drug treaties....
UN urges action on sustainable development to create pathways for global ‘transformation’ (UN - United Nations)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
UN - United Nations) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ... Along those lines, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who said spoke on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, underscored that the fact that today's event was being held on the eve of the signing of the Paris Agreement was an important signal ... The UN system had already begun to support countries, both strategically and operationally, to implement the 2030 Agenda....
Expert Group to Convene in Bangkok for Session on Advancing Standardization of Geographical Names, 25-29 April (UN - United Nations)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
UN - United Nations) ... Included in the session are a number of special presentations, two of which are '3 Word Addresses as a Global Location Reference System' by Steven Ramage from What3words, and 'Innovation in Naming ... For additional information on the twenty-ninth session, including the agenda, technical reports and webcast please visit http.//unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/ungegnSession29.html ... blake1@un.org....
Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals [as delivered] (UN - United Nations)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
UN - United Nations) ... The UN system has already begun to support countries, both strategically and operationally, to implement the Agenda. Some 95 UN Country Teams are working with their national counterparts to mainstream the SDGs into national plans, accelerate implementation and provide policy support ... That is our duty, laid down in the UN Charter with its first three words 'We the Peoples'....
US says China needn't fear missile defence for South Korea
Edit DNA India 21 Apr 2016
China has no need to be worried about US plans to deploy a new anti-missile system in South Korea to protect it from North Korea, a senior US diplomat said on a visit to Beijing, adding North Korea had shown no interest in diplomacy. The United States and South Korea have begun talks on possible deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system after North Korea tested its fourth nuclear bomb on Jan....
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
UN urges action on sustainable development to create pathways for global ‘transformation’
Edit United Nations 21 Apr 2016
“The choice is yours,” said General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft as he opened the High-Level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at UN Headquarters in New York, which takes place as world leaders are also gathering ahead of tomorrow’s signing of the Paris climate accord ... The UN system had already begun to support countries, both strategically and operationally, to implement the 2030 Agenda....
21/04/2016 UN urges action on sustainable development to create pathways for global 'transformation' (United Nations General Assembly)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
Along those lines, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who spoke on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, underscored that the fact that today's event was being held on the eve of the signing of the Paris Agreement was an important signal ... UN Photo/Loey Felipe ... The UN system had already begun to support countries, both strategically and operationally, to implement the 2030 Agenda....
Diplomatic League Holds Summit, Academy and Ball at DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
MUNAc is also aimed at supporting the holding of Model UNs in universities and colleges outside Metro Manila. Sharing their experiences in the UN system were Ambassador Rosario Manalo, Ambassador Lauro Baja and Ambassador Libran Cabactulan. The three veteran Ambassadors discussed their successful Chairmanships of vital UN processes ... Representing the UN Country Team were Ms....
Milestone events at UN to kick-start action on new sustainability goals, climate pact (UN - United Nations)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
UN - United Nations) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by UN Member States last September ... On 12 December 2015, the 196 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement ... UN Photo/Mark Garten ... UN Photo/Martine Perret ... UN Photo/Kibae Park ... UN Photo/Victoria Hazou ... UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe ... UN Photo/John Isaac ... UN Photo/Albert González Farran....
Note to Correspondents: Updates on Signing Ceremony for Paris Climate Agreement (UN - United Nations)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
UN - United Nations) ... More than 165 Countries Expected to Sign Climate Change Agreement at Ceremony on 22 April at UN Headquarters ... · UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... Following welcome remarks by the Secretary-General and UN system officials, the event will provide an opportunity for non-state actors to showcase how investment flows are being gradually redirected toward a low carbon and resilient economy ... malu@un.org ... shepard@un.org....
We must prepare for the advent of killer robots (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)
Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
Representatives of UN member states, human rights groups and academia gathered at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, last week for the third Informal Meeting of Experts regarding Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, otherwise known as artificially intelligent 'killer robots' ... However, little real progress has been made toward defining the term 'autonomous weapon system', let alone reaching consensus on any form of regulation....
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