IAEA Contest Follows Amano’s Sudden Passing
The announced retirement in July of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano for unspecified medical reasons, followed shortly by the revelation of his
Elections on the Assembly’s agenda
Each year, the General Assembly carries out elections for a number of individual posts and
General Assembly leadership for 66th session
Media attention on the UN General Assembly will be heightened this week as leaders from the
Update on ICC Elections: Extension of Deadline
The President of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, Christian Wenaweser informed the
Morning Memo
Sweden was elected President of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the
Morning Memo
Herman Van Rompuy is ready to run the ‘United States of Europe’ Nominations of judicial
ICC’s Next Top Prosecutor a Done Deal?
No suprise here, but as reported (apparently exclusively) by IntLawGrrls, the African Union (AU) has
Hervé Ladsous, New UN Peackeeping Chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Hervé Ladsous, currently the Chief of Staff to the French
A Challenge for States: Electing Judges to End Global Impunity
In December 2011, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the governing body of the International
Morning Memo
Elections and appointments take place rather frequently in the UN system, as do training seminars
Elections done right: The IMO
My previous post on Brazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva’s election as the new FAO Director-General