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Human rights a precondition for peace; dialogue ‘only way’ to make it sustainable, Montenegro tells UN

21 September 2017

Reiterating Montenegro’s strong commitment to multilateral cooperation, President Filip Vujanović told the Assembly today that his country puts good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation in the Balkans at the top of its foreign policy agenda

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UN Gender Focus: sexual violence in Syria, rights of women in Montenegro and Pacific countries

17 December 2015

UN Gender Focus

Most Syrians fleeing country because of fear of sexual violence

UNDP/Luka Bošković

Boosting representation and rights of women in Montenegro

9 December 2015

General News

Boosting the representation of women running for local office is just one of the ways in which the UN is bolstering rights and development in Montenegro.

That’s according to the UN’s Resident Coordinator for Montenegro, Fiona McCluney, who has been in post in the small Balkan country, that became independent nine years ago, for just a few months.

New treaty empowers children to stand for their rights

15 April 2014

General News

A new treaty allowing children to file a complaint directly to the UN about alleged violations of their rights was signed into law on Monday by ten countries.

A panel discussion hosted by nine of the ten countries was held at the UN Secretariat in New York to celebrate the event.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Prime Minister Milo Dukanoviƒá of Montenegro.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ban, Prime Minister of Montenegro discuss Western Balkans developments

22 September 2013

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Milo Ðukanoviæ of Montenegro today discussed a slew of political and development issues on the sidelines of the high-level General Assembly debate due to start on Tuesday.

Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue.

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN expert urges Montenegro to resolve pending cases of violence against journalists

17 June 2013

Calling for effective accountability in all cases of violence against journalists, the United Nations independent expert on the right to freedom of expression today urged Montenegro to set up an inclusive mechanism to resolve and prevent cases of attacks against reporters and media outlets.

Refugee boy Adnan with his family, has officially become a person in Montenegro

Montenegro: UN agency helps refugees escape statelessness

5 August 2008

The United Nations refugee agency is helping thousands of refugees who fled to Montenegro from Kosovo to get legal representation.

Last UN collective centre for refugees in Montenegro shuttered

20 May 2008

The United Nations refugee agency has ended its emergency shelter programme for refugees in Montenegro, closing its last collective centre in the Balkan nation which is home to 24,000 people who fled from Croatia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Montenegro melts tanks into scrap in UN-backed demilitarization initiative

27 July 2007

Montenegro, the United Nations’ youngest member, has launched a new demilitarization initiative, ultimately aiming to slash nearly 12 thousand tons of heavy weaponry to 2,000 tonnes and cut the number of ammunition depots from 10 to three under a project co-sponsored by the world body.

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UN refugee agency mobilizes lawyers to address statelessness in Montenegro

1 June 2007

Over one hundred people in Montenegro have recently received assistance from lawyers mobilized by the United Nations refugee agency as part of stepped-up efforts to fight statelessness in the Balkans country.

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