United Nations Secretary-General receives second highest rating of world leaders who inspire confidence
Pretoria, South Africa – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received the second highest rating among world political leaders who have the confidence of many people around the world. According to a survey by WorldPublicOpinion.org released yesterday, Mr. Ban inspires far more confidence than any other political leader polled except United States President Barack Obama.
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
“The prohibition of torture is one of the most absolute to be found anywhere in international law. Article 2 of the Convention against Torture is unequivocal: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.”
United Nations and the Government of South Africa receive Evaluation Report
Pretoria, South Africa – The United Nations system in South Africa and the Government of South Africa on Friday officially received an evaluation report on the relationship between the two.
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