As the United Nations and the world are gearing up for Rio+20 ? a major global conference that aims to accelerate efforts to promote sustainable development ? the United Nations opened a new facility today in Incheon, Republic of Korea, that aims to assist developing countries. The new centre was formally launched at a […]
This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the Security Council today, at the outset of the Council?s meeting on ?Peace and Security in Africa: Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea?: I would like to commend Nigeria for initiating this timely discussion. Since Under-Secretary-General [B. Lynn] Pascoe briefed the Council last […]
Ion Botnaru, Director of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division, announced during a Headquarters news conference this afternoon the names of the nine countries vying for the soon-to-be-vacant five non-permanent seats on the Security Council. He also announced the names of candidates for upcoming elections to fill seats on the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the opening of ?The African Continuum: Celebrating Diversity, Recognizing Contributions of People of African Descent?, in New York, 19 October: Welcome to the United Nations. Thank you for joining us. This year the world is observing the International Year for People of African Descent. Throughout the Year ? […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, visited Switzerland on an official visit, arriving in Bern on Sunday, 16 October. On the first day, after observing by helicopter the decreasing volume of the Swiss glaciers, the Secretary-General and the President of the Swiss Confederation, Micheline Calmy-Rey, exchanged views during a working lunch […]
This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to the Executive Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) in Geneva: Thank you for your warm welcome. It is a privilege to be here. I am grateful for your support and the strong support from your respective Governments. […]
Following are the remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to the Second High-Level Symposium on the Development Cooperation Forum, in Luxembourg today, 18 October: It is a pleasure to join you. On behalf of the United Nations, let me extend my gratitude to our hosts, the Government of Luxembourg. It is fitting that we gather […]
There was no universal standard for the definition of long-term and other abusive forms of solitary confinement, but there was no doubt that it should be banned as torture, three human rights experts said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. ?I was in solitary confinement for only three days myself during the time […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Copenhagen from Oslo on Tuesday morning, 11 October. His first appointment was to address the Global Green Growth Forum, also called the ?3GF?, at the Moltkes Palace. He said these three Gs must respond to social, economic and environmental challenges equally. We need to marshal all forces to […]
These are the remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro in Bangkok on 14 October to the Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: It is a pleasure to be back in dynamic Bangkok to chair the Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting. I convey warm […]
