Apr 12, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 12 2018 – Jean Todt (C), UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and President of the Federation Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA), Stephane Dujarric (left), Spokesman for the Secretary-General and Olga Algayerova, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe addresses a press conference on the establishment of a Road Safety trust fund today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire by Kurt Wheelock The president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt on April 12 at the United Nations announced and praised the launch of the UN Road Safety Trust Fund, [Read More]
Jan 5, 2016
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United Nations, January 04 2016 During a telephone conversation with the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, the UN Secretary-General expressed his disappointment at the execution of the Shiite cleric Sheikh al-Nimr in Riyadh and said the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran was “deplorable”, his spokesman told reporters today in New York. Stephane Dujarric said the Secretary General “reiterated his views on capital punishment and his disappointment at the execution of Sheik al-Nimr, whose case the Secretary-General had raised with Saudi authorities on several occasions. The Secretary-General also reiterated that the attack on the Saudi embassy [Read More]
Sep 16, 2015
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked “those standing in the way of the rights of refugees to stand in their shoes.” Ahead of what is expected to be one of the busiest high-level periods in recent memory at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that sixty million people have left their homes fleeing war and persecution. He said, “I ask those standing in the way of the rights of refugees to stand in their shoes. People facing barrel bombs and brutality in their country will continue to seek life in another. People with few prospects at home will continue [Read More]