It was a beautiful day in the Keystone State where earlier today President Obama spoke at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA. He addressed an energized crowd about the urgent need for health care reform in the face of rapidly rising health care costs. The President cited a recent conference call by Goldman Sachs in which […]
Responding to the Secretary-General?s report on a proposed ?accountability system?, speakers in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today urged that more attention be given to what the United Nations leadership could do to foster a sense of personal responsibility among staff, in order to better address what some saw as weak links between […]
Guinea-Bissau was experiencing a relatively stable political environment and growing international attention, which offered the country an unprecedented window of opportunity that should not be missed, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today. Briefing the Council, Joseph Mutaboba, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Following months of preparation, millions of Iraqis will head to the polls on 7 March to elect a new Council of Representatives. The Secretary-General welcomes the reaching of another important milestone in Iraq’s political development. The Secretary-General calls on all Iraqis […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)/Equality Now event in celebration of the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Declaration, delivered by Rachel Mayanja, the Secretary-General?s Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, in New York, today, 5 March: The Secretary-General […]
Calling for the speedy establishment of a United Nations-backed mechanism to monitor and investigate laws discriminating on the basis of gender, the head of the global civil society organization Equality Now said at Headquarters today that ensuring equality before the law would go a long way towards ending the legal discrimination that still condemned […]
Having suffered an earthquake of ?historical proportions?, Chile was returning to normality though it faced huge reconstruction needs, Heraldo Muñoz, the country?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?Chile?s standing up; we?re recuperating slowly,? said Mr. Muñoz, who was joined by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and Amir […]
During his speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009, the President articulated a vision for a New Beginning with Muslims around the world — one based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Around the world, from Rabat to Jakarta, the United States is engaging Muslim communities around the […]
There’s only one show on television that can claim to have captured more than 1,050 fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children. "America’s Most Wanted" has become a broadcast institution over the last 22 years, telling the stories of wanted fugitives with the hope that viewers will assist law enforcement in the manhunt. […]
During his speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009, the President articulated a vision for a New Beginning with Muslims around the world — one based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Around the world, from Rabat to Jakarta, the United States is engaging Muslim communities around the […]
