In preparation for this year’s first Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council on the theme of “Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development” an informal preparatory meeting will be held at UN Headquarters in New York on 2 April 2007.
The event will be...
On 1 December World AIDS Day 2006 is commemorated worldwide with a wide range of events taking place.
In 1988, the General Assembly expressed deep concern a...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are hosting a Workshop on International...
The Fifth Infopoverty World Conference will take place on May 12 and 13 2005 in New York (United Nations) and in parallel sessions connected by videoconference...
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development will be officially launched on March 1, 2005 in New York.
The UN Secretary-General Kof...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.