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  DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy  | | UN News

DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy  | | UN News Skip to main content Welcome to the United Nations Toggle navigation Language: العربية 中文 English Français Русский Español Português Kiswahili Other Hindi हिंदी Global UN News Global perspective Human stories Search the United Nations Search Advanced Search Home Africa Americas Asia Pacific Middle East Europe UN Art and Gifts History Corner Topics Peace and Security Economic Development Humanitarian Aid Climate and Environment Human Rights UN Affairs Women Law and Crime Prevention Health Culture and Education SDGs Migrants and Refugees In depth Interviews Features Photo Stories News in Brief The Lid is On UN Gender Focus UN and Africa UN Podcasts Secretary-General Spokesperson All Statements Selected Speeches Press Encounters Official Travels Media UN Video UN Photo Meeting Coverage Media Accreditation Webtv Home Africa Americas Asia Pacific Middle East Europe UN Art and Gifts History Corner Topics Peace and Security Economic Development Humanitarian Aid Climate and Environment Human Rights UN Affairs Women Law and Crime Prevention Health Culture and Education SDGs Migrants and Refugees In depth Interviews Features Photo Stories News in Brief The Lid is On UN Gender Focus UN and Africa UN Podcasts Secretary-General Spokesperson All Statements Selected Speeches Press Encounters Official Travels Media UN Video UN Photo Meeting Coverage Media Accreditation Webtv   Subscribe Audio Hub DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy  © UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau A 12-year-old former child soldier was reunited with an uncle with support from a UNICEF-supported Transit and Orientation Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 24 November 2020 Law and Crime Prevention Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  (...) Gamba called the verdict “an important victory for those who seek justice for grave violations against children” in the DRC and elsewhere.   “It is a formidable example showing that no individual, no matter how powerful, is immune from being held accountable for those violations”, she added. 

Score: 1143986.7 - https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/11/1078472

  Microsoft Word - Mr.DENG's Statement on Sri Lanka.doc

The two sides should be reminded that individuals can be held personally responsible for war crimes and other international crimes committed in the course of conflict and which attract international jurisdiction. (...) It will not end with winners and losers and it cannot be ended solely through a military victory that may not be sustainable in the long run unless legitimate grievances are addressed.

Score: 1131442.3 - https://www.un.org/en/genocide...eng_Statement_on_Sri_Lanka.pdf

  75 years on from the Nazi defeat, many still suffer impact of conflict: Guterres | | UN News

Guterres paid tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the War. The victory over fascism and tyranny in May 1945, he said, marked the beginning of a new era, but “we must never forget the Holocaust and the other grave and horrendous crimes committed by the Nazis”. (...) Sacrificed on the ‘altar of victory’ Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, told UN News that, for those who live in the countries of the former Soviet Union, 9 May is a day to pay tribute to “our loved ones, and our compatriots who sacrificed their lives on the altar of victory. (...) The resolution called for Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations, and individuals to observe 8-9 May in an appropriate manner, to pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War

Score: 1107032.5 - https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063602

  Iraq | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

The United Nations and its partners are working to increase access to the affected border areas, with food security likely to worsen. 19 May 2022 SC/14895 Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee Removes Three Entries from Its Sanctions List On 19 May 2022, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) removed the following entries from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities: 17 May 2022 SC/14892 Iraq’s People Still Awaiting Political Class Capable of Addressing Critical Domestic Challenges, Top Official Tells Security Council The people of Iraq continue to wait for a political class that will “roll up its sleeves” to tackle the long list of outstanding domestic priorities, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, while underscoring the need to expeditiously form a new Government. 5 May 2022 Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which chairs the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, presented this year’s Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award to activist Cécile Ndjebet of Cameroon. 15 March 2022 Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Humanitarian affairs officials in Somalia say an estimated 4.5 million people — including 671,000 who are internally displaced — are affected by the intensifying drought emergency.  Health authorities have reported a measles outbreak, and at least nine related deaths in Jubaland state. 3 March 2022 SC/14817 Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee Removes Seven Entries from Its Sanctions List On 3 March 2022, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) removed the following entries from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities: 28 February 2022 SC/14813 Security Council Press Statement on Iraq-Kuwait The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. (...) The mission has reinforced security in the area. 23 November 2021 SC/14709 National Elections Mark Hard-Won Victory for Iraq, Women Candidates, Despite Recount Call, Ongoing Strife, Senior Official Tells Security Council Iraq’s recent national elections, held under the 2005 Constitution and conducted in a well-run, generally peaceful manner, marked a hard-won victory for the country, despite taking place in the shadow of an unprecedented wave of violent countrywide demonstrations in 2019 and 2020, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today. 15 November 2021 SC/14701 Security Council Press Statement on Secretary-General’s Report on Iraq’s Electoral Process The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (Mexico): 8 November 2021 SC/14692 Security Council Press Statement on 7 November Assassination Attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (Mexico):   Page 1 ›› Highlights Stockholm+50 Conference Stockholm, 2-3 June 2022 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women New York, 14-25 March 2022 Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity New York, 7-18 March 2022 Daily Noon Briefing 9 June 2022 The World Investment Report 2022 was released today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 

Score: 1101555.7 - https://www.un.org/press/en/iraq

  RevisedFINKLEpaper.doc

At Bucharest, the first major population conference of the modern era, delegations from the Third World, the industrialized western nations, the Holy See and the communist bloc all found within the final set of recommendations approved by the conference a basis to claim victory for their side. Victory was also claimed on the grounds that the conference document was prevented from going as far as one group or another wanted. (...) Participants to the Rome and Belgrade meetings, in contrast to subsequent United Nations conferences on population, were invited in their individual capacities as experts and not as representatives of governments or organizations. (...) Long before the Cairo conference itself, according to numerous members of women's rights groups, a strategy was developed by them to deliver their message to the entire series of conferences in a way that would enable them to build victory upon victory. The success of this approach was predicated on the realization by women's groups that NGOs in the 1990s were in closer contact with one another across borders and that United Nations conferences provided a more congenial atmosphere for NGOs than in the past.

Score: 1101321.9 - https://www.un.org/development..._1994_international_finkle.pdf

  WHO / COVID-19 UPDATE | United Nations UN Audiovisual Library

SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO): "It’s premature for any country either to surrender, or to declare victory. This virus is dangerous, and it continues to evolve before our very eyes. (...) Many countries have low levels of vaccination coverage, with very vulnerable individuals within their populations. So now is not the time to lift everything all at once. (...) Wide shot, press room STORYLINE WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said it is “premature for any country either to surrender, or to declare victory,” against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which he said is “dangerous” and continues to “evolve before our very eyes.”

Score: 1099129 - https://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/asset/2705/2705616/

  UNLetter.dot

U N I T E D N AT I O N S N AT I O N S U N I E S PA G E 2 Excellencies, Sport’s significance for the improvement of an individual’s character and a society’s welfare traces its origins back to the very dawn of our civilizations—to pharaonic Egypt and ancient China. (...) The Olympic Creed was inspired by the words of the Greek philosopher Epictetus: “the most important thing in the Olympics is not winning, but taking part; the essential thing in life is not victory, but contesting well and nobly.” To this very day, this immortal phrase represents the true essence of the Olympic spirit. (...) Excellencies, In establishing this International Day, let us pay tribute to the great legends of the past, whose athletic achievements, character, and moral fortitude have earned them a place of distinction in the pantheon of Olympic glory—champions such as Jesse Owens, who defied fascist ideology through his stunning victory in Berlin in 1936. Let us also honor our contemporary heroes and the sporting values they personify.

Score: 1097812.2 - https://www.un.org/en/ga/presi.../statements/20130823-sport.pdf

  RevisedFINKLEpaper.doc

At Bucharest, the first major population conference of the modern era, delegations from the Third World, the industrialized western nations, the Holy See and the communist bloc all found within the final set of recommendations approved by the conference a basis to claim victory for their side. Victory was also claimed on the grounds that the conference document was prevented from going as far as one group or another wanted. (...) Participants to the Rome and Belgrade meetings, in contrast to subsequent United Nations conferences on population, were invited in their individual capacities as experts and not as representatives of governments or organizations. (...) Long before the Cairo conference itself, according to numerous members of women's rights groups, a strategy was developed by them to deliver their message to the entire series of conferences in a way that would enable them to build victory upon victory. The success of this approach was predicated on the realization by women's groups that NGOs in the 1990s were in closer contact with one another across borders and that United Nations conferences provided a more congenial atmosphere for NGOs than in the past.

Score: 1097682.3 - https://www.un.org/en/developm...events/pdf/expert/4/finkle.pdf

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"The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory"^^ . "The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians at the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385. (...) "The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory (Image)"^^ .

Score: 1074668.2 - https://en.unesco.org/mediaban...DFNT/mediabank-eprint-21300.nt

  WHO / COVID-19 UPDATE | United Nations UN Audiovisual Library

SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO): "It’s premature for any country either to surrender, or to declare victory. This virus is dangerous, and it continues to evolve before our very eyes. (...) Many countries have low levels of vaccination coverage, with very vulnerable individuals within their populations. So now is not the time to lift everything all at once. (...) Wide shot, press room STORYLINE: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said it is “premature for any country either to surrender, or to declare victory,” against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which he said is “dangerous” and continues to “evolve before our very eyes.”

Score: 1070064.1 - https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2705/2705616/