But the current tribunal has been given the power by the UN of taking precedence over any national legal authorities in the strife-torn region.
Meetarbhan, Co-chair of UN Informal Process on Oceans (Mauritius) and Ms L. Inniss, Co-coordinator of the UN Group of Experts on the Regular Process for Reporting and Assessing the State of the Marine Environment.
The UN Plan of Action marks the first effort to systematically bring the UN family of agencies together to address the worsening situation of the safety of journalists, media workers and social media producers, and of the culture of impunity surrounding the crimes against them.
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.
Participants in the conference include stakeholders, representatives of UN-Water members and partners, representatives and experts of the UN Global Sustainability Panel, members of UNSGAB, representatives of UNDESA, representatives of the success stories and initiatives in water and green economy.
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There is enormous potential in the UN Plan of Action in bringing the full weight of the UN to bear on the challenges, and in being a point of reference for others who share the concern to turn the tide.
This Forum was opened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and facilitated by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, and included the participation of a range of senior leaders of UN agencies -- namely Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator, Ms. Anne-Birgette Albrectsen, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA, Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, Ms Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR.
This broad cross-section of participation underlines the multi-stakeholder approach of the UN Plan of Action.
Preparations are also underway to extend the implementation of the UN Plan of Action to Latin America.
Mr Erdogan made the controversial comments at a meeting of the UN Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Vienna earlier this week.
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The conference is programmed within the framework of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
But even all these operations have to be conducted within international law, defined in this case as the provisions of the UN Law of the Sea Convention.
Since the founding of the UN, the U.S. has been at the table influencing key decisions at the UN, of concern to the U.S., and particularly those related to Israel.
Last August Sok An appointed two officials to hear the complaints and in December he met officials of the UN Office of Legal Affairs to draw up an anti-corruption plan.
This was the subject of the bilateral meeting between the Director-General and Excellency Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, who will assume leadership of the UN Alliance of Civilizations on 1 January 2013.
Early 2005 saw the formal launching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), with UNESCO (as lead agency) and a suite of partners and collaborators working together to put into action the International Implementation Scheme for the Decade.
It says Delhi has not responded to Italian requests to seek a diplomatic solution to the case, and there is now a formal dispute between the two countries over the terms of the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, according to Reuters.
The UN Youth Flash is a news service of the UN Programme on Youth, keeping interested parties up-to-date on the youth agenda of the various organizations of the UN system and partnering youth organizations around the world.
The project is a part of a joint UN programme of the MDG Achievement Fund.
One major development in this international co-operation on press freedom is the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity , which was endorsed last year by the chief executives of all component UN bodies.
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, opened the meeting, along with Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.
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Ugandan and Rwandan commanders accused each other of trying to deceive the UN, of publicly withdrawing their troops or secretly pushing for complete control of Kisangani.
The document includes a work-plan to put the UN Plan of Action in to effect, and follows extensive consultation since the endorsement of the Plan by the UN Chief Executives Board on 12 April 2012.
UNESCO, as the lead agency for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), is organizing expert consultations in the five UN Regions to collect positions on the development of an ESD programme framework after 2014 and prepare a final report on the DESD.
Without its UN component of non-African states, the UN Security Council mandated force will be unable to operate effectively.
The event saw the launch of the new UNESCO publication Shaping the Education of Tomorrow: 2012 Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
Over 200 participants will discuss, during the next three days, the lessons learned throughout the implementation of the UN reform process in several parts of the world, its impact at country level, regional and UN system-wide level, and the future of this initiative.
One of the primary objectives of the UN International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 is to break down, analyse and achieve a common understanding on the essence of 'water cooperation'.
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