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Saraswathi Menon named on Panel to Review UN Peace-Building Architecture
Saraswathi Menon, an eminent Indian academician has been named on advisory panel to Review UN Peace-Building Architecture. She is among seven experts nominated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to conduct a policy and institutional review on UN’s peace-building architecture and make ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Indian diplomat Atul Khare named as UN Under Secretary-General for Field Support
Indian diplomat Atul Khare is named as UN Under Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support (DFS). It was announced by Secretary-General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon. He will succeed Bangladesh’s Ameerah Haq. This appointment makes him as one of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Ban Ki Moon urges world leaders to halt Syria killings
The U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has urged to world leaders to put a halt on the killings in Syria. UN has pulled out more than half of its observers from Syria.The number of international aid workers deployed in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Current Affairs May 1, 2010
Appointments:Yale World Fellow 2010: Subhashini ChandranSubhashini Chandran,CEO of the Woodbriar Group and the Managing Director of the Tea Estates India Ltd, has been named of one the 15 Yale World Fellows for 2010. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations – ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
High Level Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters
On 22 September, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a high-level Summit on Climate Change, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. The summit brought together political leaders, including 100 Heads of State and ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
Category: Summits and Conferences