The Secretary-General, Message for the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the holocaust

27 January 2012 - One and a half million Jewish children perished in the Holocaust – victims of persecution by the Nazis and their supporters. Tens of thousands of other children were also murdered. They included people with disabilities… as well as Roma and Sinti. All were victims of a hate-filled ideology that labelled them "inferior".

Secretarul General, mesaj cu ocazia zilei internaţionale pentru comemorarea victimelor holocaustului

Генеральный Секретарь, попослание по случаю международного дня памяти жертв холокоста

IOM Moldova Has a New Chief

26 January 2012 - Antonio Polosa started officially his assignment as Chief of the Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Republic of Moldova. Before being appointed to Moldova, Antonio Polosa served as Chief of IOM Mission in Norway and Ghana. A national of Italy, Mr. Polosa previously worked for IOM and UNHCR in Mozambique. Antonio Polosa holds a Doctor's Degree in Political Sciences with International Relations/Developing Countries Economics as main subject from the University of Catania, Italy, and further specialization in forced migration at the University of Oxford, UK.

UNHCR applauds Moldova progress on statelessness

17 January 2012 - The United Nations awarded today outstanding achievements in the field of human rights in the Republic of Moldova in 2011, during a festive ceremony organized on the occasion of the Human Rights Day, marked annually on December 10. Broadcast live by the public TV Moldova 1, the UN Human Rights Gala of Awards brings together Moldovan high officials, representatives of international organizations and diplomatic corps, civil society organizations and mass media.

UNHCR saluta progresul Moldovei în domeniul apatridiei

The United Nations in Moldova Awards Human Rights Achievements in 2011

10 December 2011 - The United Nations awarded today outstanding achievements in the field of human rights in the Republic of Moldova in 2011, during a festive ceremony organized on the occasion of the Human Rights Day, marked annually on December 10. Broadcast live by the public TV Moldova 1, the UN Human Rights Gala of Awards brings together Moldovan high officials, representatives of international organizations and diplomatic corps, civil society organizations and mass media.

Națiunile Unite în Moldova a premiat realizările în domeniul drepturilor omului în 2011

The Secretary-General, Message for human rights day

10 December 2011 - Human rights belong to every one of us without exception. But unless we know them, unless we demand they be respected, and unless we defend our right -- and the right of others -- to exercise them, they will be just words in a decades-old document.

Secretarul General, Mesaj cu ocazia zilei drepturilor omului

Генеральный Секретарь, послание по случаю дня прав человека

The Secretary-General, Message on international anti-corruption day

9 December 2011 - Corruption afflicts all countries, undermining social progress and breeding inequality and injustice. When desperately needed development funds are stolen by corrupt individuals and institutions, poor and vulnerable people are robbed of the education, health care and other essential services.

Secretarul General, Mesaj cu ocazia zilei internaţionale pentru combaterea corupției

Генеральный Секретарь, Oбращение по случаю международного дня борьбы с коррупцией

The Tunis Imperative: Human Rights and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring

5 December 2011 - There are moments in history when each of us is called upon to declare where we stand. I believe this is one of those moments. Over the past year, in Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York and hundreds of other cities and towns across the globe, the voice of ordinary people has been raised, and their demands made clear. They want human beings at the centre of our economic and political systems, a chance for meaningful participation in public affairs, a dignified life and freedom from fear and want.

L'impératif de Tunis: Droits de l'homme et développement dans le sillage du Printemps arabe

Imperativul Tunis: dezvoltarea şi drepturile omului în lumina Primăverii Arabe

Тунисский императив: права человека и вопросы развития в эпоху Арабской весны

Volunteerism should become an Integral Part of the New Development Consensus

5 December 2011 - The first United Nations State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR) published today calls for making volunteer action an integral part of the new development consensus. The report was launched at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, and many countries around the world, coinciding with the marking of International Volunteer Day and the closure of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers.

Добровольчество должно стать неотъемлемой частью нового консенсуса о развитии