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UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the General Assembly on the work of the Organization and his priorities for 2024
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“Peace is the UN's raison d’être”: Guterres’ call for action and his priorities for 2024

“Peace is our raison d’être. Yet, as I scan the landscape of today’s world, the one thing missing most dramatically is peace”. The UN Chief Antonio Guterres addressed ...

Last update 18 Feb 2024
UN logo with colourful background
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UN General Assembly: High-level Week 2023 kicks off

The High-level Week 2023 within the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly kicked off. From 18 to 23 September, world leaders will meet to discuss important global issues revolving ...

Last update 20 Sep 2023
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United Nations: 12 new elected countries to serve new terms on Human Rights Council

12 new countries were chosen to serve a three year period in the Human Rights Council. After the voting ended, the UN Assembly President announced the chosen countries that will begin their work on ...

Last update 5 Nov 2022
UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto
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UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto

On 26 April 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution creating a standing mandate for the General Assembly to meet every time the veto is cast in the Security Council. The Resolution was ...

Last update 31 May 2022
New Research: Online attacks on women journalists lead to ‘real world’ violence
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62 journalists lost their lives in 2020, according to UNESCO

According to UNESCO, in 2020 alone, 62 journalists have been killed for doing their job. From 2006, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives for the same reason and in 90% of the cases, the killers ...

Last update 15 Nov 2021
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United Nations: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

The United Nations General Assembly, in Resolution 65/209, designated International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on the 30th of August every year and the day was declared for the ...

Last update 26 Aug 2021
The circular-shaped hall in which the United Nations General Assembly gathers.
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United Nations General Assembly: Application for special accreditation to preparatory process for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration - NGOs, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and private sector

In accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/1, the "New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants," a preparatory process will soon begin for the intergovernmental negotiations ...

Last update 23 Apr 2017
Aerial view of the United Nations Headquarters. Two low rectangular buildings and a skyscraper, overlooking the Hudson River in New York.
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UN General Assembly: High-level Meeting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from ...

Last update 31 Jan 2017
Voting at the General Assembly. In the upper left, the emblem of the United Nations.
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The global civil society reclaim the recognition of the right to peace at UN General Assembly

In view of the submission of the Declaration on the Right to Peace for adoption at the UN General Assembly during its current session, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova subscribes ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019
The ground at the UN Visitors’ Plaza covered with signatures and drawings for the International Day of Peace.
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A joint letter in support of the Declaration on the Right to Peace

The Pope John XXIII Community, in collaboration with other non governmental organizations, has addressed a joint letter to the diplomatic delegations at the United Nations General Assembly inviting ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019
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The Declaration on the right to peace is in the pipeline to the General Assembly of the United Nations

Antonio Papisca, Marco Mascia (2016)

Human Rights Academic Voice

Last update 30 May 2019
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Remarks by President Obama in address to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 21, 2011

Documentazione (2011)

Documentazione

Last update 26 Sep 2011
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Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite: proclamazione della Settimana Mondiale della Pace

Documentazione (1993)

Documentazione

Last update 4 Nov 2010
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Dichiarazione sul diritto dei popoli alla pace dell'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite

Documentazione (1990)

Documentazione

Last update 8 Apr 2019