The wave of democratic reforms sweeping the Middle East was a positive development, but the United States was not embracing those changes in a constructive way, a leading Iranian academic and politician said during a Headquarters news conference today. Recent events in the region were a ?welcoming sign? that ?democracy based on Islamic rationality? […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at a working luncheon with Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Finance Minister of Bangladesh, in Dhaka, 15 November: Thank you for this warm welcome. It is a pleasure to be here. Let me begin by congratulating you on Bangladesh?s remarkable resilience. As the rest of the world struggles with the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, to be observed on 20 November: Each day nearly 3,500 people die on the roads. Tens of thousands more are injured. Families are broken apart. The futures of young people are dashed. Road accidents have become the leading cause of […]
Head of Peacekeeping Operations, Permanent Representatives also Brief Members It was clear that there were huge expectations for South Sudan?s transition into a stable democracy, but even with the best of intentions on the part of its leadership, the Government would need all of the support it could get, Hilde Johnson, the Secretary-General?s Special […]
Committee Also Weighs Request for Additional $74.6 Million For United Nations Mission Ahead of Elections in Democratic Republic of Congo A senior official in the Department of Management unveiled before the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon the first phase of efforts to create a comprehensive emergency management framework, part of the major […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at ?Every Woman, Every Child? dinner with public and private partners in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 November: This is my second trip to Bangladesh as Secretary-General. The United Nations has 193 Member States. Some I have not visited even once. So you might wonder why I wanted to visit. […]
Speakers Note Some Success in Disrupting Terrorist Networks, Creating Robust Legal Frameworks, but Warn of Resilience, Shifting Tactics, New Financing Sources Terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continued to pose a serious threat to international peace and security, the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) said […]
Given Viciousness of Attacks, Military Operations by Affected States Should Be Intelligence-Driven, Ensure Containment, Not Dispersal, of LRA, Council Hears Strongly condemning ongoing attacks by the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) in parts of central Africa, the Security Council today, taking up two reports on the region, demanded an immediate end to all attacks by that […]
Discussion of Committee?s Working Methods Prominent at Final Meeting Of Session; Time Given to International Courts is Particular Concern Ending the current session of its work, the General Assembly?s Sixth Committee (Legal) approved ten draft resolutions today, including one which recommends observer status in the Assembly for the West African Economic and Monetary Union, […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks against several embassies and consular premises in Syria, which have resulted in intrusions into diplomatic and consular premises, causing serious damage. The members of […]
