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Security Council Resolution Empowers States Combating Piracy to Conduct Land Operations in Somalia (Jan. 08, 2009) by Wendy Zeldin
On December 16, 2008, the United Nations Security Council adopted its fourth resolution since June on combating piracy off Somalia's coast. Unlike the others, however, the ...
Topic: Piracy
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Trademark Treaty (Dec. 30, 2008) by Constance Johnson
The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, a United Nations-sponsored agreement, will become effective on March 16, 2009. It was adopted by the members of ...
Topic: Intellectual Property
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Climate Change Conference Concluded (Dec. 24, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
The 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 14) – the highest decision-making body of this U.N. Convention – ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Arms Embargo Against Somalia Strengthened (Dec. 03, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On November 20, 2008, the United Nations Security Council, through the unanimous adoption of Resolution 1844 (2008), strengthened the arms embargo on Somalia established under Resolution ...
Topic: Sanctions
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Treaty Against Doping in Sports (Nov. 18, 2008) by Constance Johnson
One hundred countries have now signed a global treaty against doping in competitive sports. Paraguay signed the agreement on November 12, 2008, making it possible to ...
Topic: Sports
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Agreement on Migratory Birds of Prey (Oct. 29, 2008) by Constance Johnson
Twenty-eight nations have signed a United Nations-backed memorandum of understanding to protect migratory birds of prey in Africa, Europe, and Asia. The agreement, signed in Abu ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Tribunal Officials Urge More Support for Genocide Trials (Jun. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On June 4, 2008, the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) ...
Topic: Human Rights
Jurisdiction: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda / International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / United Nations
Committee on Spread of Weapons Extended (May. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On April 25, 2008, the United Nations Security Council renewed the mandate of a U.N. committee originally established by Security Council resolution in 2004. The term ...
Topic: Weapons
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Mercenaries Not Regulated (Apr. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
A United Nations working group on the use of mercenaries reported to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 10, 2008. According to the ...
Topic: War
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Disability Rights Convention Entering into Force (Apr. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On May 3, 2008, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will come into effect, 30 days following ratification by Ecuador, the 20th ...
Topic: Disability
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Call for Death Penalty Moratorium (Jan. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for a moratorium on capital punishment. The vote, held in a plenary ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Advancing Rule of Law Deemed Vital (Dec. 02, 2007) by Constance Johnson
On November 20, 2007, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated that upholding the rule of law is "crucial to the cause of peace." He was speaking to ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Action Against Child Trafficking Urged (Dec. 02, 2007) by Constance Johnson
Speaking at an international meeting on trafficking in children and armed conflict, Antonio Maria Costa, the head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, urged ...
Topic: Trafficking in Persons
Jurisdiction: United Nations / Africa
Non-Permanent Security Council Member Status (Nov. 02, 2007) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 16, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted almost unanimously (183 out of 190 votes) in favor of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam becoming ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: United Nations / Vietnam
Last updated: 01/08/2009