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The UN General Assembly in December 2008 authorized the establishment of the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA) to strengthen "professional legal assistance for staff" to succeed the Panel of Counsel. [1]: para(S) 12–13 OSLA has offices in New York, Addis Ababa, Beirut, Geneva and Nairobi. [1]: para 14
The Office of Legal Affairs, through its Treaty Section, discharges the depositary functions of the Secretary-General under more than 560 multilateral treaties, including the custody of originals and the receipt of signatures and instruments of ratification, accession, etc.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The court consists of 15 judges, with five judges elected every three years. In the case of death or other vacancy, a judge is elected for the remainder of the term.
OHCHR presence at the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in Kenya. The mandate of OHCHR derives from Articles 1, 13 and 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, by which the Assembly established the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. [7]
March 4: The High Seas Treaty, which aims to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030, is finalized. [1]March 17: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the first arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
Few formal rules govern the selection of the secretary-general of the United Nations. The only guiding text, Article 97 of the United Nations Charter, states "The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." The charter's minimal language has since been supplemented by other ...
The United Nations Secretariat is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), [1] [2] The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the deliberative and decision-making bodies of the UN (i.e., the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council), and the implementation of the decision of these bodies.
July 9: 2022 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election; August 6: 2022 New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership election; September 10: 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election; October 6: 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election; October 21: 2022 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election; November 19: