PrepCom for the UN Conference on the ATT concludes first session
The first Preparatory Committee meeting on the Arms Trade Treaty took place in New York from 12- 23 July. Even though the discussions are still in a preliminary stage, the first PrepCom confirmed that an Arms Trade Treaty will be adopted in the near future.
[More...]Looking back at ECOSOC’s High-level Segment: the AMR and DCF
The annual High-level Segment of the substantive session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) took place from 28 June – 2 July 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York, having a Ministerial Declaration, the establishment of UN Women and a President’s Summary as its outcomes.
[More...]Speakers of Parliament pledge to strengthen oversight role in MDG countdown to 2015
How can parliaments better hold executive branches of government accountable to their MDG commitments in the run up to 2015? This was a central question discussed at the 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament held by the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) at the United Nations in Geneva from 19-21 July 2010.
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