Democracy and Elections
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 35 RESOLUTIONS, A DECISION AND A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
Decides to Dispatch a Team of International Experts to the Kasaï region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Creates new Mandate on Persons Affected by Leprosy, Renews 10 Mandates including on Eritrea, Belarus and Extrajudicial Executio...Read More
A Hard Swap – Supporting Tunisia in Better Understanding the Foreign Currency Exposure for Government Debt Operations
The Arab Spring revolutions started in Tunisia, when a young fruit and vegetable seller, supporting eight people on less than a dollar a day, set himself on fire. Yet six years from the Arab revolts, Tunisia alone remains the single success...Read More
Security Council Members Stress Need for Democratic Republic of Congo to Hold Fair, Free, Inclusive Elections without Further Delay
Several Security Council members insisted today that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo hold free, fair, and inclusive elections by the end of the year and without further delay, as the head of United Nations peacekeepin...Read More
Terrorism, Violent Extremism Hampering Efforts to Improve Infrastructure, Create Jobs in Sahel, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Political Will Needed in Fighting Boko Haram, Delegates Stress, as Bolivia, Russian Federation Warn against Interventionism, ‘Outside Meddling’ Despite laudable progress towards democratic consolidation, the security situation in West Afric...Read More
There Can Be No Imposed Solution in Venezuela, Says Secretary-General, Stressing Political Agreement, Elections, Respect for Human Rights as Only Way Forward
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: