New York, 02 Jan, 2012 (SPS) - With the start of New Year 2012, the second consecutive term for the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has also come into effect.
Ban Ki-moon, who commences his second term Sunday, said that he hoped the New Year would continue the move towards democracy that protesters had started during the so-called Arab Spring in 2011.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), January 1, 2011 (SPS) - At least 60 Spanish cooperators spent the first night of the New Year 2012 with the Saharawi people in the refugee camps, according to source of the Saharawi Protocol.
on the objective of the visit, President of the Coordination of the Spanish Associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people (CEAS-Sahara), Mr. Josè Taboada, told EFE that aim “is to express their feelings of solidarity with the Saharawi people and to know the situation of the Saharawi refugee camps.
United Nations, January 1, 2011 (SPS) - The Republic of South Africa assumed Sunday the presidency of the Security Council of the United Nations for the month of January 2012.
The African country replaces Russia, who led the work of that body of 15 seats in the last month of the ending year, according to Prensa Latina.
The Security Council consists of 15 members, of whom 5 are permanent and 10 are elected by the General Assembly for a period of 2 years.
Copenhagen, January 1, 2011 (SPS) - The Non-euro nation Denmark took Sunday, January 1st, over the rotating presidency of the European Union, aspiring with the declared intention of assisting Europe's economic recovery.
As Poland passed on the baton, the small Scandinavian country of 5.6 million will have to face head on the ballooning euro debt crisis.
Habana, January 1, 2011 (SPS) - People of Cuba celebrated Sunday, January 1st, the fifty-third Anniversary of Independence Day, with a programme of festivities including festivals, concerts and historical activities in all Cuban provinces.
The eastern city of Santiago de Cuba has received the usual ceremony of the celebrations for this event.
Brussels, January 1, 2011 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch network (WSRW), comprising non-governmental organizations from about thirty countries around the world, has urged the Russian government to “immediately follow the European Union’s example and withdraw its fishing boats from Western Sahara occupied by Morocco,” said the network’s release.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), January 1, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Saturday the legal documents of the Thirteenth Congress, held in the liberated Tifariti from Dec 15 to 22, in the presence of members of the National Secretariat and government.
London, 1 January 2012 (SPS) - A multi-million dollar firework display heralded in the new year in Sydney, while the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was illuminated in Dubai.
Celebrations were held across Europe, with some 250,000 gathering to watch fireworks over the River Thames.
In Times Square in New York, crowds watched Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Lady Gaga count down to midnight.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), January 1, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, re-appointed Saturday Mr. Abdelakader Taleb Omar a Prime Minister in the government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), according to a statement issued by SADR Presidency.
The appointment comes under the Article 53 of SADR Constitution issue by the Thirteenth Congress of the Polisario Front, which was held in the liberated territory of Tifariti in the period from Dec 15 to 22, 2011.