Delegates Hold Interactive Dialogue With United Nations Entities on Implementation of Convention ?Achieving the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities is more than possible, it is within reach and it is a necessity,? the Chairman of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities declared […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Church of the Holy Family, today in New York: We meet just one day after a solemn anniversary. Ten years ago yesterday, like many of you, I was in New York when this city was attacked. At the time, I was Chief of Staff to […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will hold a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities resulting from the milestone to be reached on 31 October, when the world is expected to welcome its seven-billionth person. Titled ?A World of Seven Billion People: Meeting the Challenges and Seizing the Opportunities?, the event will be held […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, in New York, today, 12 September: I would like to express my greatest appreciation and deepest admiration for His Excellency Joseph Deiss and his stewardship of the General Assembly over the past year. Mr. President, you […]
Preventive diplomacy ? first defined by former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld 50 years ago ? was crucial to defusing tensions before they escalated into conflict, and such efforts were increasingly being undertaken by the United Nations, Member States and other partners amid the changing political and security landscape, B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, […]
Secretary-General Commends President?s ?Superb Stewardship? of World Body, As It Takes Action on Several Outstanding Matters Ahead of Sixty-sixth Session While commending Member States for making headway on the major themes on the agenda of the General Assembly?s sixty-fifth session dealing with poverty reduction, global governance, a green economy and sustainable development, Joseph Deiss, […]
Members Hear from Peacebuilding Commission Configuration, Foreign Minister Sierra Leone was continuing to develop into a ?stable, peaceful and economically more viable democracy?, but it was critical on the eve of general elections to reinforce that progress further to avert a resurgence of the tensions that had helped ignite the devastating civil war, the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message, delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, to the Horn of Africa Summit being held there today, 9 September: I commend the Government of Kenya for convening this Summit at this critical time. The drought in the Horn of Africa is arguably […]
Day of Sorrow Recalled as Deputy Secretary-General, United States Permanent Representative also Address Ceremony Amid a commemoration ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of the attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001, the President of the General Assembly today called on Member States to work for the swift conclusion of a draft general convention […]
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this morning to elect the remainder of its Bureau for the upcoming sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Elected by acclamation as Vice-Chairs were Mariam Al-Shamisi (United Arab Emirates), from the Group of Asian States; Jelena Plakalović (Serbia), from the Group of Eastern European States; and Paul Ballantyne […]
