The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today moved to fill upcoming vacancies on the Board of Auditors, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and four other bodies that help it manage the Organization?s vast human resources and keep its financial house in order. The dozens of recommendations would be sent on to […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Filipe Moraes Cabral ( Portugal): The members of the Security Council were briefed by Hervé Ladsous, Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation in Abyei, including on recommendations for the expansion of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is closely following developments related to the second round of the presidential elections in Liberia, scheduled to take place on 8 November 2011. The Secretary-General supports the joint efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) […]
United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tripoli early in the afternoon of Wednesday, 2 November, after flying overnight from New York via Frankfurt, together with the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser. The Secretary-General first met with the Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil and then […]
Saying that the Security Council was, as usual, looking at a fairly busy schedule for the coming month, José Filipe Moraes Cabral ( Portugal), its President for November, today outlined its programme of work comprising both new and traditional agenda items. At a Headquarters press conference, he said that several holidays in November would […]
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today approved a draft resolution on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and heard the introduction of 11 other draft texts, as the Chair urged delegates to conclude negotiations on some 60 outstanding drafts proposals. By the concise, four-paragraph text on the […]
Speakers Echo Secretary-General?s Recommendation to Extend United Nations Presence in Country by One Year Following Expiration of Mandate in December Strong international support was crucial as Guinea-Bissau approached decisive phases in the reform process leading to a ?sensitive? electoral process in 2012, the United Nations top political advisor in that country told the Security Council […]
On 9 November, the United Nations Department of Public Information, in partnership with the International Bar Association, will organize a roundtable discussion entitled, ?Justice and Accountability after the Holocaust?, to examine the failure of the judiciary in Germany to safeguard the rights of individuals under Nazi rule and the responsibility of States and the courts today […]
On 28 October 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d?Ivoire updated the list of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004), as renewed by paragraph 1 and amended by paragraph 4 of resolution 1643 (2005). The updates to the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, on 6 November: Since the declaration, 10 years ago, of the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the United Nations family has made […]
