The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Masood Khan ( Pakistan): The members of the Security Council were briefed on 3 January 2013, by Jeffrey D. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in the Central African Republic. The members of the Security Council expressed their concern regarding the ?Seleka? coalition?s […]
Assembly President Says Implementation of Agreements Should Be Seen ?As a Core Principal of Effective Multilateralism in the Twenty-First Century? The General Assembly this evening ? resuming a meeting suspended on Friday pending agreement by its Budget Committee ? concluded the main part of its sixty-seventh session with the adoption of 22 texts, two […]
Also Approves Revised Budget Appropriations for 2012-2013 Biennium; Other Texts Address, Among Others, Special Political Missions, Pension Fund Change Emerging from protracted negotiations that continued throughout the weekend, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today wrapped up the main part of its sixty-seventh session by recommending that the General Assembly retain the existing formula […]
Delegations Adopt 41 Texts, Including 2 Plenary-generated Draft Resolutions The Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of United Nations operational activities for development, and implementation of the outcome document of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, were among the most prominent concerns today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) recommended its draft resolutions […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the Summit meeting between President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, to be hosted on 4 January by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia with the facilitation of President Thabo […]
Assembly, ?Grand Pantheon of Hope for World?s People?, Spotlights Peaceful Dispute Settlement, among other Vital Issues for Sixty-Seventh Session Against a backdrop of unravelling socio-political landscapes in Africa and the Middle East, weather-related and natural disasters wreaking havoc across virtually all regions, and uneven progress on the Millennium Development Goals ? telltale signs the world […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message for the 100th anniversary of the Hague Peace Palace, first aired on 1 January: I am pleased to convey my congratulations on the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace ? the home of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United […]
The Security Council would focus in January on comprehensive strategies to stamp out global terrorism and bolster the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan, which holds the Council?s rotating presidency for the month, said today. Military action was not enough to stop the terrorist acts of demented ideologues that were […]
During its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, South Africa had helped to bolster international peace and security ? on the African continent in particular ? while advocating for a stronger, more coordinated relationship between the Council and the African Union, the country?s Permanent Representative said at a Headquarters press conference […]
Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, warned at Headquarters today that a situation worse than that in Somalia could develop in the Central African Republic unless the international community and all stakeholders addressed the serious challenges confronting that country. There was a need for comprehensive and concerted […]
