The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes recent announcements by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, including notably those granting women in Saudi Arabia, for the first time, the right to vote and stand in […]
The Security Council today decided to refer the application of Palestine for admission to United Nations membership to its Committee on the Admission of New Members for ?examination and report?. According to a statement by Council President Nawaf Salam ( Lebanon), the application was submitted by the Palestinian President in a letter dated 23 September […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Non-Violence, observed 2 October: We mark this year’s International Day of Non-Violence in a world dramatically altered since our last commemoration. The powerful engine behind that wave of change — beginning in Tunisia and then spreading across North Africa, the Middle East […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the Counter-Terrorism Committee Event in New York on 28 September: I thank the Indian chairmanship, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and all relevant organs of the United Nations for organizing this meeting. Ten years ago on this day, the Security Council took a momentous […]
Home Access Rose from 1.4 Billion in 2009 to Almost 1.6 Billion In 2010; Developing World?s Mobile Cellular Growth Soared 20 Per Cent NAIROBI, 27 September ? More than 2,000 delegates from over 100 countries ? representing a multi-stakeholder community of Governments, the private sector, civil society, the Internet community, international organizations and the media ? converged on Nairobi, Kenya, today […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Older Persons, observed on 1 October: Next year marks 10 years since the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. The theme of this year’s International Day of Older Persons, “Launch of Madrid+10: The growing opportunities and challenges of global […]
The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23 September: The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting on Somalia in New York on 23 September 2011. Participants included representatives of Burundi, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Russian Federation, […]
‘Give Diplomacy a Chance,’ He Urges, as Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hails ‘Winds of Change’ Heralding ‘Palestinian Spring’ Palestinian and Israeli positions remained far apart after a week of “intensive diplomacy”, but the existence of some “building blocks” — a clear timetable, expectations that the parties must put forward proposals and an active role by […]
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today: The Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar met at the ministerial level today. Our discussion took place only six months after the establishment of a new Government, and follows a series of high-level bilateral visits to the country. We recognize the […]
Release All Frozen Assets, Top Transitional Official Urges as Chair of Sanctions Committee Briefs on Latest Actions Reconciliation, arms control, transitional justice and the welfare of migrants were just a few of many challenges facing Libya’s transitional authorities, Under-Secretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe told the Security Council today, but he expressed confidence that they could […]
