Hans Blix inspires student movement against nuclear weapons July 16, 2008
Hans Blix said on Monday to the winners of the Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World competition: “The best way to avoid nuclear weapons is to make governments feel that they don’t need them”.
Asia/Pacific young leaders unite to support the Millennium Development Goals July 24, 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended students at the 3rd Asia/Pacific Model UN conference (APMUN) on the Millennium Development Goals for exploring proactive approaches to the achievement of the Goals by 2015. Making it clear that we face a “development emergency”, Ban Ki-moon’s video message encouraged the students to “build a better understanding of our United Nations -- what it is, what it does, and what it can do”.
Un compromiso profundo y perdurable con la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos ha estado siempre en la misión de la Federación Mundial de Asociaciones de las Naciones Unidas, un movimiento del pueblo en apoyo a las ONU. En 1948, la Asamblea Plenaria de la Federación Mundial instó a la reunión de la Asamblea General de la ONU en París a “actuar rápidamente en la adopción de la Declaración de los Derechos Humanos”. “Hoy, Dignidad y justicia para todos es un tema inspirador para todas las campañas de la ONU en el 60º aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos”, ha dicho Hans Blix, presidente de FMANU.
A deep and abiding commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been at the heart of the mission of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, a peoples’ movement to support the United Nations. In 1948, the World Federation’s Plenary Assembly urged the UN General Assembly meeting in Paris to “act expeditiously in adopting the Declaration on Human Rights”. “Today, Dignity and justice for us all is an inspiring theme for the UN’s campaign for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, said Hans Blix, WFUNA President
A l’occasion de la Journée des Nations Unies, 24 Octobre 2007, le Dr Hans Blix, Président de la Fédération Mondiale des Associations pour les Nations Unies, lance la campagne « Des étudiants pour un monde sans arme nucléaire » afin d’inciter les jeunes dans leurs diverses disciplines universitaires à contribuer à la préparation de la 8ème conférence sur le Traité de Non-Prolifération Nucléaire (TNP) – la plus importante manifestation sur le désarmement à l’échelon planétaire des années à venir.
Con ocasión del Día de las Naciones Unidas (24 de Octubre de 2007) el Dr. Hans Blix, Presidente de la Federación Mundial de Asociaciones de las Naciones Unidas, lanza “Estudiantes por un Mundo Libre de Armas Nucleares” para implicar a la gente joven de diversas disciplinas académicas en la preparación de la 8o Conferencia de Revisión del Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear (TNP) en el año 2010 – la conferencia más importante en los próximos años sobre el desarme global.
On the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October 2007, Dr. Hans Blix, President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, is launching “Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World” to engage young people from diverse academic disciplines in the preparations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 8th Review Conference, 2010 – the most important conference on global disarmament in coming years.
NEW YORK CITY - This week over 600 pairs of shoes are being painted in five New York City schools. These vibrant and creative Art Miles Shoes of Hope will join hundreds of other shoes painted across the country at a display for World Environment Day at UN Headquarters, outdoor plaza in New York on June 5, 2007 at 12 PM. The World Environment Day event is being hosted by the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and marks the launch of a partnership project between the World Federation, the International Education and Resource Network and Channel Thirteen called “(OF)2: Our Footprints, Our Future”. Through (OF)2, young people around the world will use on-line tools to measure their current carbon footprint and to develop strategies for reducing their carbon usage. The goal is for one million students around the world to join together with their families, their schools, and their communities to reduce the total global carbon footprint.
Today, at a luncheon held in his honor by the Friends of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed a gathering of friends and supporters of the United Nations. In his statement, the Secretary-General appreciated the role of the World Federation of UN Associations and talked about the value of the UN’s engagement with civil society. He paid tribute to Mr. Arthur Ross, Honorary President of the Friends of WFUNA, for his unwavering commitment to the United Nations, and to Dr. Hans Blix for his exemplary work for the international community both at the UN, and now as President of the World Federation of UN Associations. Secretary-General Ban concluded with some thoughts on the future of the United Nations.
Today, Dr. Hans Blix, President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, met with the Permanent Representatives of the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS) to discuss partnership with the World Federation. The discussion was hosted by Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS.
This morning, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Dr. Hans Blix, President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations. Dr. Blix said he believed that the United Nations is needed now more than ever. “ I am committed to enabling people everywhere to understand the importance of international law as the basis for cooperation and the convening power of the United Nations in bringing people together to address the threats that are truly global and that affect us all.”
The people of the world need the United Nations and the United Nations needs their support. Ten months after the creation of the UN, on 2nd August 1946, people from 22 countries came together in Luxembourg to establish the World Federation of United Nations Associations. They believed that “peace must be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of all peoples”, and made it their mission to be a ‘Peoples movement for the UN’. The World Federation was the first non-governmental organization which connected the United Nations with civil society.
The World Federation of United Nations Associations welcomes the agreement among member states to avert a financial crisis at the United Nations. United Nations Associations around the world have been working together through the World Federation to better understand the issues underlying the debate on UN management reform and to facilitate dialogue and greater transparency.
As representatives of civil society organizations and the private sector come together this week to present their messages to member states at Informal, Interactive Hearings with the United Nations General Assembly, the World Federation of United Nations Associations and The North-South Institute are releasing their 4th annual report on civil society engagement with the Millennium Development Goals. Entitled, We the Peoples 2005- Mobilizing for Change: Messages from Civil Society, the report will be launched prior to the Hearings at an event held on Wednesday, 22 June from 3.00 to 6.00 in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium of the United Nations.
M. James Sitrick vient d'être nommé au poste de Secrétaire général de la Fédération Mondiale des Associations pour les Nations Unies. Il succède à l'Ambassadeur Donald Blinken, ancien ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en Hongrie, qui a décidé de se retirer après 4 ans.
Mr James Sitrick has been appointed to the position of Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA). He succeeds Ambassador Donald Blinken, former United States Ambassador to Hungary, who chose to retire after four years.
L'Association pour les Nations Unies espagnole a octroyé son XXIVème Prix pour la Paix au Dr. Hans Blix, ancien Chef des Inspecteurs de la Commission sur les Armes de Destruction Massive. Ce prix honore l'engagement d'un individu ou d'une organisation en faveur de la résolution pacifique des conflits, des Droits de l'Homme et des libertés fondamentales. Par le biais de cette récompense, ANU-Espagne reconnaît le travail accompli par M. Blix pour la défense d'une solution pacifique en Irak , lorsque, durant les mois qui précédant la guerre, il a obstinément plaidé en faveur de la poursuite des inspections pour la recherche des soit-disant armes de destruction massives en Irak.
March 9 - The United Nations Association of Spain conferred its XXIV Peace Award to Dr. Hans Blix, formerly the Head Inspector for the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. The award recognizes the work of an individual or organization for their leadership in defence of the peaceful resolution of conflicts, Human Rights and fundamental freedoms. With this award, UNA Spain recognises the workof Mr. Blix in defending the peaceful path to resolve the conflict in Iraq, pleading during the lead up to the conflict for continuing the inspections of the alleged weapons of mass destruction on Iraq.
WFUNA welcomes the expected appointment of Ms. Louise Arbour to the post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Arbour is a Canadian Supreme Court Justice and ex-prosecutor of United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
La FMANU salue la nomination de Mme Louise Arbour au poste de Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les Droits de l'Homme. Mme Arbour est Juge à la Cour suprême du Canada et fut Procureur des tribunaux des Nations Unies pour les crimes de guerre pour l'ancienne Yougoslavie et le Rwanda. Mme Arbour remplace M. Sergio Vieira de Mello qui, fin août 2003 a trouvé la mort avec 21 autres personnes au cours d'une attaque terroriste contre le siège de l'ONU à Bagdad. Mme Arbour devrait débuter son mandat de 4 ans à Genève après s'être retirée de la Cour suprême du Canada en juin prochain.
The presentation of the result of the Video Contest, Youth's vision on development, launched by WFUNA and CONGO, was successfully fulfilled yesterday, 10 December 2003 as a side event in connection with WSIS.
The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life resulting from the bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Bagdad. This attack is a horrendous and unacceptable affront to the values and principles of the UN.
“What does it take to make the opening words of the UN Charter “We the Peoples” really meaningful to people all over the world?” It is with such questions in mind that people from United Nations Associations in over 60 countries are going this week to Barcelona to the WFUNA Conference and Plenary Assembly on the theme: The United Nations: Our Hope, Our Future.
Following the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) is deeply concerned that relief efforts for Iraq are threatening to drain resources from the war against poverty in the rest of the world. In particular, the commitments made three years ago to the Millennium Development Goals must not be forgotten. These Goals call for reducing by half the percentage of people living in poverty by 2015, as well as reductions in child mortality and HIV/AIDS and expanded access to safe drinking water and education. On current trends, poverty is expected to climb in many places, including Africa and the Middle East.
The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) lends full support to the efforts of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to encourage members of the Security Council to agree upon a new UN resolution authorizing the necessary security, humanitarian, reconstruction, and political measures required for post-conflict Iraq. Such a resolution would open the door for NATO, the European Union, and the World Bank, among others, to play useful and appropriate roles.
