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With the 1926 Slavery Convention, concrete rules and articles were decided upon, and slavery and slave trade were banned. The convention define a slavery as "the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised." and that slave trade "includes all acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to slavery; all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged, and, in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves. Revisions were later made to the convention, and the definition of slavery was further defined and extended, see United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery. The convention text can be found at the Office of the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, here. ...more on Wikipedia about "1926 Slavery Convention"

::"There was systematic firing on civilians," said one eyewitness to the killing. "All exits were cut off. The community was choked off, surrounded – facing tanks coming from different angles, and overhead, helicopters with machine guns fired down on the people. The citizens were under attack from all sides and from the air. It was war on a community." ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 July 6 United Nations assault on Cité Soleil, Haiti"

The 2005 World Summit, 14– 16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives (including many leaders) of the 191 member states met in New York City for what the United Nations described as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations." ** ( PDF) ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 World Summit"

Abibatou Traoré is a Senegalese writer and a member of the "Eminent Minds" panel created by Secretary General Kofi Annan. This panel was created to make suggestions for the fundamental reformation of the United Nations as an institution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abibatou Traoré"

Agenda 21 is a programme of the United Nations (UN) related to sustainable development. It is a comprehensive blueprint of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organisations of the UN, governments, and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment. The number 21 refers to the 21st century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agenda 21"

Ahmad Kamal is a Pakistani diplomat, most noted for his work at the United Nations. He served as a professional diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan for close to forty years until his retirement in 1999. During this period he held diplomatic postings in India, Belgium, France, the Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea, and with the United Nations both in Geneva and in New York. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmad Kamal"

Al Muatmar Dubai 2005 is a United Nations Simulation Conference that was founded by Shiraz Gidwani, and Ronak Shah. The conference will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between October 26-29, 2005 at the 5-star Al Bustan Rotana property. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al Muatmar"

Amendments to the United Nations Charter can be made by a procedure set out in Chapter XVIII of the UN Charter. The UN Charter has been amended twice since 1945 ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Amendments to the United Nations Charter"

The Arusha Accords (also known as the Arusha Peace Agreement, or the Arusha negotiations) were a set of five accords (or protocols) signed by the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) and the Government of Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania on 4 August 1993, ending the civil war. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arusha Accords"

The Asian Highway (AH) project is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and the United Nations ESCAP to improve the highway systems in Asia. It is one of the three pillars of Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project, endorsed by the ESCAP commission at its forty-eighth session in 1992, comprising Asian Highway, Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) and facilitation of land transport projects. The AH project was initiated by the United Nations in 1959 with the aim of promoting the development of international road transport in the region. During the first phase of the project ( 1960- 1970) considerable progress was achieved, however, progress slowed down when financial assistance was suspended in 1975. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian Highway Network"

Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl is one of two real-life conference interpreters behind the film thriller, The Interpreter which starred the actors Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl"

The British Mandate of Palestine was a territory in the Middle East including the modern territories of Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip, formerly belonging to the Ottoman Empire, which the League of Nations entrusted to the United Kingdom to administer in the aftermath of World War I as a Mandate Territory. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Mandate of Palestine"

The Brundtland Commission - formally the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), known by the name of its Chair Gro Harlem Brundtland, was convened by the United Nations in response to the 1983 General Assembly Resolution A/38/161 - "Process of preparation of the Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond" welcoming the establishment of such a Commission. In A/38/161, the General Assembly: ...more on Wikipedia about "Brundtland Commission"

The United Nations coordinated an International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt from 5- 13 September 1994. Its resulting Programme of Action is the steering document for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cairo International Conference on Population and Development" http://www.shortopedia.com, there's no better way. United_Nations

The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United Nations, which had used the hotel as its headquarters in Iraq since 1991. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canal Hotel Bombing"

In November 2002 Kofi Annan issued a Challenge to Silicon Valley to create suitable systems at prices low enough to permit deployment everywhere, whether through international aid programs, NGO charity, or microcredit support. In addition to low cost, these systems had to work in areas with no electric power system and no phone system, providing connections to the Internet and Voice over IP ( VoIP) telephone functions on the Internet. The aim is to leapfrog the high-tech development process, going straight to VoIP for telephony, and to create enough new economic growth to pay for the equipment and for accompanying programs in health, education, and so on, so that growth from that point on would be self-sustaining. ...more on Wikipedia about "Challenge to Silicon Valley"

The Commission for Social Development is a United Nations commision elected by the ECOSOC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commission for Social Development"

The Commission on Global Governance was an organization chaired by Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson that produced a controversial report, Our Global Neighborhood, in 1994 ** . The report was attacked by pro- sovereignty groups for calling for United Nations reforms that would increase its power. It also was criticized by world federalists who disliked the terminology of "global governance," which seemed clunkier than "world federalism." ...more on Wikipedia about "Commission on Global Governance"

The Comprehensive Disabled Afghans Program (CDAP) was a United Nations agency from 1995 to 2001 that rehabilitated over 100,000 Afghan people injured by landmines. The program manager was Peter Colerdge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comprehensive Disabled Afghans Program"

Conference on Disarmament (CD) is a multilateral disarmament negotiating forum. Established in 1979, the Conference succeeded the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1960), the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1962-68) and the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (1969-78). ...more on Wikipedia about "Conference on Disarmament"

Consultative Status is a phrase whose use can be traced to the founding of the United Nations and is used within the UN community to refer to "Non-governmental organisations ( NGOs) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic & Social Council." ...more on Wikipedia about "Consultative Status"

The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty that was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Convention has three main goals: ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention on Biological Diversity"

The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context is a UNECE convention signed in Espoo, Finland in 1991 that entered into force in 1997. It was instrumental in the creation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context"

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international convention adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women"

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is a United Nations convention adopted and opened for signature and ratification by United Nations General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) December 21, 1965, and which entered into force January 4, 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination"

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