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The Secretary-General Message On World Cities Day 31 October 2018
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the New Urban Agenda together provide a roadmap for a more sustainable and resilient world. How our cities develop will have significant implications for realizing the future we want.
PRESS RELEASE: “We don’t give up,” United Nations Secretary-General declares as the world marks the UN Day on 24 October
Pretoria, 23 October 2018 – The United Nations in South Africa commemorates United Nations Day, 24 October, which is observed annually as the day which marks the birth of the United Nations. The international organization was founded by the entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945, a document which has become the global representation of the aspirations for peace, freedom and human rights of the 193 Member States of the United Nations. United Nations Day has been internationally observed since 1948.
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Representatives from governments, technology, business and civil society to address Internet’s role in widening distrust among people
Cybersecurity and Fake News to Dominate List of Concerns at
Internet Governance Forum
12-14 November Paris, France
Facing growing concerns that the Internet is being used as a vehicle to sow division and discord around the world, more than 3,000 representatives from governments, the private sector, technology, and civil society will gather in Paris 12-14 November, 2018 at the annual Internet Governance Forum, to look at a range of actions that can be taken to ensure an “Internet of Trust.”
Secretary-General António Guterres video message for UN Day
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the initial report of South Africa
South Africa ratified and became a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) on 12 January 2015. Below please find a copy of the Covenant on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx
Secretary-General’s Message for International Day For The Eradication of Poverty 17 October
Twenty-five years ago, the world commemorated the first International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Since then, nearly 1 billion people have escaped poverty, thanks to political leadership, inclusive economic development and international cooperation.
Zero Hunger: our actions today are our future tomorrow – OPED Director General FAO, World Food Day 2018
By José Graziano da Silva
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The eradication of hunger and all forms of malnutrition (Sustainable Development Goal number 2) was defined by world leaders as a cardinal objective of the Agenda, a sine qua non condition for a safer, fairer and more peaceful world.
The Secretary General – Message on World Food Day 16 October 2018
In our world of plenty, one person in nine does not have enough to eat.
About 820 million people still suffer from hunger.
Most of them are women.
The Secretary-General – Message For International Day For Disaster Reduction 13 October 2018
This year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction falls shortly after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia showed yet again the urgency of resilience and risk-awareness.
Disasters have a steep human cost.
Millions of people are displaced every year, losing their homes and jobs because of extreme weather events and earthquakes.
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : Concluding observations on the initial report of South Africa
South Africa became a State party to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 30th November 2007. In accordance with article 35, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , each State Party undertakes to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for consideration by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a report on measures taken to give effect to its obligations under the Convention: (a) an initial report within two years after the entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned, and (b) thereafter a periodic report at least every four years and whenever the Committee so requests. Continue reading