Europe

Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey

Turkish leader says UN offers sole platform for ending Cyprus problem

28 September 2007
The United Nations remains the only platform for resolving the Cyprus problem, Turkey’s Prime Minister told the General Assembly today as he called on the members of the international community to remove all of their restrictions on Turkish Cypriots as soon as possible.

Global pact needed against deploying weapons in space, Russia says at UN debate

28 September 2007
Russia’s Foreign Minister told national leaders attending the General Assembly today that it is time to establish a global agreement outlawing the deployment of weapons in space, warning they endanger the existence of all States.

Romania says UN best placed to overcome cultural and religious divides

28 September 2007
No other organization is better placed than the United Nations to overcome differences between peoples, cultures and religions, Romania’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly tonight, calling for greater dialogue to overcome what divides humankind.

European nations spotlight value of partnerships during General Assembly debate

28 September 2007
European countries addressing the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate today stressed the value of multilateralism and called for international relations to be based more on partnerships, whether among individual States or with regional groups or the United Nations and other organizations.
Craig Johnstone

UN refugee agency meets with its ‘vital partners’ – NGOs

27 September 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hosting three days of annual talks at its Geneva headquarters with some 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who play a vital role as partners in helping it to meet the needs of millions of uprooted people around the world.

UN tribunal upholds judgments in three cases against Kosovo fighters

27 September 2007
The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations tribunal established to try those responsible for the worst war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s today upheld the Trial Chamber’s conviction of one former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member and acquittal of two others.
President Boris Tadic of Serbia

Rejecting independence for Kosovo, Serbia’s president offers compromise at UN

27 September 2007
Restating Serbia’s long-standing rejection of independence for Kosovo, the country’s President today proposed a compromise for the province that the United Nations has administered since 1999 based on the “autonomous development” of the Albanian-majority community.

UN war crimes tribunal sentences two former senior Yugoslav officers

27 September 2007
Two former senior officers of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) were sentenced today by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for their roles in the executions of non-Serbs in Ovcara.

UN-backed fund receives nearly $10 billion in pledges to fight AIDS, TB, malaria

27 September 2007
The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today received $9.7 billion over three years in initial pledges, constituting the largest single financing exercise ever for health.

Independence the only realistic option for Kosovo, Albania tells UN Assembly

27 September 2007
The only option for Kosovo that will bring durable peace and stability to the region is full independence for the Serbian province, Albania’s Prime Minister told national leaders gathered at the General Assembly today.