Members Pass 53 Resolutions, Issue 29 Presidential Statements as Meetings Decrease As it faced a second year of tumultuous change around the Arab world in 2012 ? including ever-worsening bloodshed in Syria and steady but difficult transitions in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere ? the Security Council was seized of new crises building in Mali […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the Sina Weibo award ceremony in Beijing on 14 January: [?Hello everyone, I am Ban Ki-moon.?] I am deeply honoured to receive the 2012 Sina Award of Special Merit. Thank you very much. I accept on behalf of all United Nations staff members, especially […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mohammad Masood Khan ( Pakistan): The members of the Security Council heard briefings by Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and by Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on the situation in the Central African […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Kevin Kennedy of the United States as Acting Head, Department of Safety and Security. Mr. Kennedy will replace Gregory B. Starr who announced his intention to leave the position of Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security due to personal and family reasons. The Secretary-General is deeply […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the staff commemoration of the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, delivered by Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, in Port-au-Prince, 11 January: I want to share my warmest greetings to all United Nations colleagues who have come together to mark the third anniversary of the […]
Peacebuilding Office Head Says Accords Call for Ceasefire, Unity Government; Top Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Country?s UN Representative Also Speak The Secretary-General?s Special Representative reported to the Security Council this morning that agreements, including a ceasefire, had just been signed in Libreville to contain the latest wave of rebellion in the Central African […]
Seventeen non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were approved for association with the United Nations Department of Public Information at the second biennial meeting of the Department?s Committee for Association held in New York on 17 December 2012. This brings the number of NGOs associated with the Department in the area of communications and information outreach to 1,340. […]
The United Nations Department of Public Information will honour the heroic actions of 12 diplomats who demonstrated moral courage and integrity in helping to save the lives of Jews during the Second World War by screening the award-winning documentary film The Rescuers at 6:30 p.m. on 23 January in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at New […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Civil Society Forum in Support of Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Vienna today, as recorded on his behalf by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs: I am pleased to convey my greetings to all those gathered for this first-ever […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: What the Syrian people desperately need at this time are real solutions to the crisis that is tearing their nation apart. In this regard, the Secretary-General was disappointed that the speech by President Bashar al-Assad on 6 January does not contribute to […]
