Delegates from the region and beyond have highlighted the need for greater practical cooperation to address rising levels of irregular maritime movements in the Asia-Pacific region.
This conclusion was reached at the end of a three-day “Regional Roundtable on Irregular Movements by Sea in the Asia-Pacific region,” which was organized from Monday to Wednesday in Jakarta by the Indonesian government and the UN refugee agency. Continue reading
The MY World global survey was front and centre of UNIC Canberra’s promotional activities at the National Multicultural Festival. With almost 300 thousand attendees, this year’s National Multicultural Festival was the biggest ever and proved a perfect opportunity to promote the MY World global survey as well as other UN initiatives and programmes.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants of the United Nations Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to conclude work by 28 March on a comprehensive instrument that would establish standards for international trade in conventional weapons.
“You are not here to initiate new negotiations. You are here to strengthen and conclude the work that has been done in earnest since the beginning of the ATT process in 2006,” Mr. Ban told representatives from 193 Member States in his opening remarks to the conference in New York.