Vienna, the capital of Austria is already dressed in full splendor. The famous Advent fairs, where more and more Hungarian families pay a visit, have already opened. There is however, another Advent event in December, the International Charity Fair and Festival, organized by the United Nations Women’s Guild
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has asked Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi to chair the international conference on nuclear security next year, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said, citing a statement made by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano at a Board of Governors session November 30, 2012.
The Hungarian Government condemns to the greatest possible degree the statement made in Parliament by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi.
The fifth annual Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) opened today in Vienna, with more than 600 delegates from 150 countries convening to exchange and scale-up best practices and innovative solutions to cross-cutting energy insecurity and climate change challenges.
The General Assembly on 14 November held elections to fill vacancies in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today launched a publication to provide practical guidance to Member States for more effective investigation and prosecution of terrorist cases involving the use of the Internet.
United Nations Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu welcomed today the Hungarian Government's commitment in addressing the impacts of the 2010 Ajka aluminium plant incident, the country's greatest industrial accident and ecological catastrophe, and called for greater liability of polluting companies.
The European Commission released on 4 October 2012 a Communication on the comprehensive risk and safety assessment (‘stress test’) of nuclear power plants in the European Union and related activities.
The two-day international conference on Cyberspace in Budapest was opened by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who told the conference that few users realise even today that they can fall victim to crime in the cyberspace. Global cybercrime generated more revenue last year than drug trafficking, he added.
János Martonyi attended the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, joined also by the Croatian Foreign Minister, at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25. The ministers and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton discussed the most important issues of international politics.