Time to translate nuclear test moratorium into legally binding obligation – UN chief

Sep 21, 2017, at 09:49 pm

New York, Sept 21(Just Earth News): Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday expressed the readiness of the United Nations to help bring into force the global treaty banning nuclear tests, adopted more than 20 years ago, while noting that the “destabilizing and provocative” actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) seek to undermine the global norm against nuclear explosions.

UN urges US to impose death penalty moratorium

May 03, 2014, at 05:28 pm

New York, May 3 (IBNS): The suffering of United States inmate Clayton Lockett during his execution in Oklahoma on Apr 29 could amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment according to international human rights law, the United Nations said on Friday, calling on the US authorities to impose an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

Somalia: UN calls for moratorium after execution of murderer

Apr 05, 2014, at 06:03 pm

New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office Friday voiced its concern at the "hasty" judicial process in the Somali town of Kismayo that led to the execution of man nine days after he allegedly murdered an elder, and called on authorities to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.