Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian Emergency Assistance of the United Nations Organization — Statement by Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross at the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 20 November 1992)

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (292) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Humanitarian Emergency ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Cold War

The end of the cold war raised hopes for a more peaceful world. While in the new climate of international relations tension has indeed eased in several areas of conflict, violence has flared up in other parts of the world and is today claiming not thousands but millions of victims on every continent.

Human Rights Prize awarded to the ICRC

1978 ◽  
Vol 18 (207) ◽  
pp. 341-341
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations

The International Committee of the Red Cross was one of the recipients of the 1978 Human Rights Prize, which the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, presented to the President of the ICRC, Mr. Alexander Hay, in New York on 11 December before the United Nations General Assembly, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The prize was awarded to the ICRC for its work in promoting observance of human rights.

Missions by the President

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (292) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Humanitarian Emergency ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations

On 20 November 1992 ICRC President Cornelio Sommaraga made a statement to the United Nations General Assembly during the debate on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance (text published in this issue of the Review, pp. 49–56).

General Assembly

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-575
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
New Members ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Regular Session

The seventh regular session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, October 14, 1952, to consider an agenda which included, in addition to administrative, legal and financial items, the reports of various organs and agencies of the United Nations, and the continuing problems of Korea, the limitation and reduction of armaments, economic development and the admission of new Members, certain new problems such as the questions of Morocco and Tunisia, minorities in the Union of South Africa and the complaint of violation by Arab states of their obligations under the Charter.

Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: How Can the World Resolve the Disharmony Between the UNSC and UNGA?

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 617
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Nakanishi
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Nuclear Weapon ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Nuclear Disarmament ◽  
Free World ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
The Cold War

Global momentum towards a "Nuclear-Weapon-Free World" (NWFW) has been growing since the end of the Cold War. Nevertheless, in the international community, it is still difficult to discern a unified voice about how to approach a NWFW, utilising international law. This is possibly because of ongoing disagreement between nuclear weapon States (NWS) and non-nuclear weapon States (NNWS), particularly the non-aligned countries. The issue revolves around the understanding of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), especially art 6 of that treaty which sets out the contracting parties' nuclear disarmament obligations. Reflecting the discord between the NWS and NNWS, this article sheds light on the gap between the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)'s perceptions of, and actions taken towards, the realisation of a NWFW. The article calls for the minimisation of disharmony by reinvestigating the roles of the United Nations system and the NPT in establishing a NWFW, and through observing the UNGA's current position.

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