Disappointingly, the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women failed to adopt agreed conclusions. As a result of this outcome, Soroptimist International, together with partner women's rights organisations signed a statement to discourage any re-opening of negotiations on the already established international agreements on women’s rights.

Soroptimist International's UN Vienna Representatives report back from the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for a second time - this time, they focus on the importance of responsible and ethical tourism if we are to see a global reduction in trafficking and sexual exploitation.  At the 21st session

Press Release: May 17, 2012 issued by UNCSD Representatives from governments who were negotiating the Rio+20 outcome document agreed to add five additional days to their deliberations in order to bridge differences that have hampered progress to date. The move came on 4 May as the latest round of negotiations

Last week, SI President Alice Wells returned from a trip to Papua New Guinea, the location of the current December 10th Appeal: Birthing in the Pacific. She reports back from her visit.  Here we are, in 2012, with all the wonders of modern medicine and yet there are still more

SI UNESCO Representative Dominique Mertz reports back from the Global Water Futures Forum. By 2025, an estimated 60 percent of the world’s population will live in “water-stressed” conditions. Securing access to safe drinking water (MDG 7) for all and managing this limited resource is therefore a high priority on the

This week, SI's UN Representatives in Vienna are attending the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. They report back on the opening session: The 21st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, chaired by Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand opened today in front of about

Press Release: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights In an open letter to world Governments, a group of 22 UN independent human rights experts called on States to incorporate universally agreed international human rights norms and standards with strong accountability mechanisms into the UN Rio+20 sustainable development conference’s

Last month the UN Commission on the Status of Women failed to adopt agreed conclusions at its 56th session on the basis of safeguarding "traditional values" at the expense of human rights and fundamental freedoms of women. Together with our partner women's rights organisations through the UN NGO system, Soroptimist