Member states of the UN Human Rights Council are meeting to consider a resolution condemning human rights violations by the Syrian government and the use of "foreign combatants" in Qusair, as fighting around the strategic western town intensifies.
The International Year was established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2010, based on a proposition presented by an expressive group of Member States adherent of the UN-Water initiative.
Kosovo is recognised as independent by about half the member-states of the UN, including the US and 22 of the EU's 27 members, though not such countries as Spain which have their own separatist movements.
In the end, 138 out of 193 UN member states voted in favour of the resolution to upgrade the Palestinians' status.
Despite the criticism the report makes of the UN structure, the member states and certain individuals of which more will be revealed in the Volcker committee's final report, due in October it also stresses that oil-for-food largely succeeded in its basic task of easing the suffering of ordinary Iraqis while depriving Saddam of weapons of mass destruction.
Ms Rice was given cabinet rank, in a sign of Mr Obama's plan to work more closely with UN member states than the administration of George W Bush had.
If two-thirds of the UN member states vote in favor of recognition, a state is accepted as a member state.
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They dispute Sri Lanka's assertion that the role of the army has been scaled back in the former theatre of war in the north, and want UN member states to subject the country's government to tough scrutiny.
The United States also supported Israel in opposing the Palestinian application to become a member of the UN's cultural and scientific body Unesco.
These statistics highlight the relevance of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, and its specific goal of mobilizing the UN family of agencies as well as other stakeholders including UN Member States, regional human rights bodies, NGO and media houses to collaborate in creating a safer environment for journalists.
Throughout his 12-year tenure he trespassed on the diplomatic turf of UN member states, publicly urging that despots seeking to fortify themselves with nuclear weapons be treated with deference and dialogue.
" The nominee to the State Department believes that the UN should be granted the power "to standardize national laws and procedures with member states of regional organizations.
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Supporters were hoping to secure the backing of all 193 UN member states.
Clearly, UN member states are of a different mind to the view expressed in your article.
This document, a joint endeavour of the entire UN System, was adopted by Member States in July 2012.
Last September, the Obama administration actually co-sponsored a resolution with Egypt (representing the OIC) in the UN Human Rights Council, calling on the United Nation's member states to limit such expression, as part of the OIC's ongoing campaign to have the UN recognize Islamophobia as a form of racism subject to prosecution under international law.
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