For the sixteenth consecutive year, the United Nations Department of Public Information will host a training programme for Palestinian media practitioners, which will take place at United Nations Headquarters from 31 October to 2 December 2011. Ten Palestinian broadcasters and journalists will be invited to participate. The programme was set up in 1995, following the […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013, in New York 27 October: I am pleased to introduce my proposed programme budget for the 2012-2013 biennium. As you know, this formal presentation is part of a broader dialogue that […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at a World Food Day commemoration in New York, 27 October: This year?s observance of World Food Day falls at a time when the Horn of Africa is living through its worst drought in 60 years. The worst effects have been limited to areas in southern Somalia that lie […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to mark the twentieth anniversary of Turkmenistan?s independence, delivered by Jan Kubi?, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), in Ashgabat, today, 27 October: I am pleased to congratulate the Government and people of Turkmenistan on the occasion of your country?s twentieth anniversary […]
Cutting social protection programmes as part of fiscal austerity measures could weaken recovery from the global economic crisis, as they were integral to stabilizing labour markets, maintaining human rights and stimulating aggregate demand, Michelle Bachelet, Chairperson of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group and Executive Director of UN Women said today at a Headquarters […]
Cultures around the world – while vibrant and diverse – were in fact the legacy of a common humanity, said officials of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations at a headquarters press conference today. Under the auspices of United Nations Day, which […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to non-governmental organizations, in New York, 26 October: It is a great pleasure to meet you today. Thank you very much for taking time and I appreciate your strong commitment and leadership and willingness to work together with the United Nations in addressing many important challenges which […]
The following Security Council press statement on Liberia was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria): The members of the Security Council commend the people of Liberia on the completion of the first round of the presidential and legislative elections on 11 October, which was peaceful and orderly. The members of the Security […]
The United Nations top humanitarian official this afternoon urged the international community to bolster relief aid to the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea, where an estimated 6 million people now relied on food donations for survival. ?We are not in a position to turn our backs on the people of the [Democratic People?s Republic […]
Five days before the world?s population would top the 7-billion mark, The State of the World Population 2011 was launched today at United Nations Headquarters, with two of its authors calling for planning and investment in development strategies that were sustainable and which would provide opportunities for all in a world that was rapidly […]
