UN experts analyse Portugal’s ‘takeover bid’ for the sea
UN scientists and technicians are finally analysing Portugal’s ‘takeover bid’ for almost two million square kms of sea. Last year, minister for foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva said he was
Former environment minister hopes for UN posting
Under fire in Portugal for handing-out allegedly suspect oil and gas licences in the dying days of the last government, former environment minister Jorge Moreira da Silva may be about
Former PM António Guterres’ candidacy for the UN’s top job is “imperative”, says government
The Portuguese government has formalised its endorsement for the candidacy to the UN’s top job of former PS prime minister and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. According to
UN meets to discuss Portugal’s discrimination against women
Portugal is one of 11 countries to be assessed by the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva, Switzerland. Coming together to see how
UN to investigate “the independence of judges and lawyers in Portugal”
A special envoy from the United Nations will soon be on her way to Portugal to examine the independence of the country’s judges and lawyers. On face value, and coming
Portugal wants all UN members to abolish death penalty
Human rights || Portugal is pleading with all members of the United Nations (UN) to support the moratorium on the death penalty resolution, which will be voted on in December
UN warns: Crisis has “very negative impact” on Portugal's children
Portuguese children are badly affected by the country’s economic crisis and ongoing measures of austerity. The depressing news comes from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child,
PM calls for war on poverty and despair
Addressing the UN General Assembly for the first time as Portugal’s Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes has saluted the organisation’s role in the fight against global terror, but he also