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Trade Policy Review: Kuwait
The first review of the trade policies and practices of Kuwait takes place on 7 and 9 February 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Kuwait.
UN tribunal welcomes arrest of former member of Serb paramilitary forces
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s welcomed the arrest of Radovan Stankovic, a former member of a Serb paramilitary unit who faces multiple charges for crimes against humanity.
UN rights chief speaks out against US failure to close Guantanamo detention facility
The United Nations human rights chief today spoke out against the failure by the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and to ensure accountability for serious violations – including torture – that took place there.
Ban deplores attack on UN-African Union peacekeepers in Darfur
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the ambush by an unidentified group on a United Nations-African Union patrol in Sudan''s Darfur region that led to the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper and the wounding of three others.
UN official notes promising steps on implementation of Darfur peace document
The head of the United Nations department of peacekeeping told the Security Council today that initial steps by the Sudanese Government and one of the rebel movements in Darfur to implement the peace document signed in Qatar last year have been promisi…
Violence against women: Prevention, protection and empowerment in Haiti
It is a lesser known reality of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010 and left more than 200,000 dead. The merciless disintegration of the Haitian State created a situation of utter chaos for the country’s most vulnerable.
Haiti: UN urges investing in water and sanitation services to combat cholera
Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease …
Slovakian official to lead UN Economic and Social Council
Slovakian ambassador Miloš Koterec was elected today to serve as President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six principal organs of the UN and the main body tasked with coordinating work in those two fields worldw…
More than a million children set to return to school in Libya – UNICEF
At least 1.2 million Libyan pupils are set to return to school tomorrow, almost a year after they evacuated their classrooms during the country’s popular uprising against the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Items proposed for consideration at the next meeting of Dispute Settlement Body
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 5 January 2012, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is cir…
WTO extends adoption deadline for panel reports in origin labelling dispute
At the joint requests of Canada, Mexico and the US, WTO members meeting as the Dispute Settlement Body agreed on 5 January 2012 to extend to 23 March 2012 the deadline for the adoption or appeal of the panel reports in the case about country of origin …
SUD SUDAN: AL VIA IMPONENTE PONTE AEREO PER I RIFUGIATI SUDANESI
Trasportare aiuti urgentemente necessari a circa 50.000 rifugiati sudanesi. Questo l’obiettivo dell’imponente operazione di ponte aereo dal Kenya al Sud Sudan lanciata oggi dall’Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR).
Australia donates AUD 14 million to WTO development programmes
At the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference of 15-17 December 2011, Australia announced it will give three donations to WTO development programmes. Australia will offer a donation of AUD 8 million to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for…
SUD SUDAN: I COMBATTIMENTI SI AVVICINANO ALLINSEDIAMENTO DI RIFUGIATI DI YIDA
Sono circa 20.000 i rifugiati in Sud Sudan sempre più a rischio con limperversare dei combattimenti vicino alla frontiera settentrionale con il Sudan. I continui scontri militari nellarea di frontiera di Jau non hanno coinvolto linsediament…
