Topic: United Nations

By Prof. William A. Schabas The United Nations marks December 9th as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of[...]

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) —UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye met with the members of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey on November 15, Turkish Demokrathaber.net informs. In the meeting with[...]

YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — Armenia international and Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been appointed a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador for Armenia. The[...]

NEW YORK (Armenpress) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned Friday’s shelling of the Russian Embassy in Damascus citing the principle of inviolability of diplomatic missions outlined in the Vienna[...]

NEW YORK — On October 24, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) — in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations and the United Nations Children’s Fund[...]

PARIS — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included the Armenian city of Dilijan among its Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the organization said in a statement.[...]

NEW YORK — Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is the ninth United Nations Secretary General, reports Reuters. Guterres was also the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June[...]

NEW YORK — Noting the progress made by Armenia in the past 25 years, including strengthening its democratic institutions, good governance, protection of human rights and advancing economic reforms, the[...]