Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the special event on ?Leadership in the Fight against Homophobia?, in New York, 11 December: Thank you all for coming to this remarkable meeting. What a meaningful way to commemorate Human Rights Day. I welcome all of the activists, supporters and others here today. The very first article […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Kaarina Immonen of Finland as his Deputy Special Representative in the Central African Republic. Ms. Immonen will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator. She succeeds Bo Schack of Denmark, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his long and continuing service to the […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Major General Sakyi succeeds Major General Moses Bisong Obi of Nigeria, who completed his assignment on 18 November 2012 and had served both UNMISS and […]
Draft Reiterates Importance of Nairobi Location as Members Pass Seven Others The General Assembly would urge donors to increase voluntary funding to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), including to the Environment Fund, according to one of eight draft resolutions that the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved today. Approved without a vote, the […]
Also Considers Reports on Organization?s Emergency Management Framework While generally lauding the aim of the United Nations initiative to expand the pool of civilian experts providing immediate aid to countries emerging from conflict, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning said the plan lacked specifics on its servicing and resource requirements, as […]
The outgoing members of the Security Council ? India, Germany, Portugal, Colombia and South Africa ? delivered briefings this morning on the work of the subsidiary bodies they had chaired during their two-year tenure. Speaking about what he called the Council?s oldest subsidiary body, the 751 and 1907 Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee, Hardeep Singh […]
The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement today, 6 December: On 29 November 2012, the General Assembly, by an overwhelming majority representing all regions, granted Palestine the status of a non-Member Observer State in the United Nations. This historic vote sent a strong message in […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, with his own personal comments, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Annual Parliamentary Hearing, in New York, 6 December: It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to the United Nations on behalf of the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, who is on travel in the […]
A photo exhibition featuring the strides that Timor-Leste has made towards nationhood a decade after regaining independence will open formally at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, 10 December, in the main gallery of the Visitors Lobby at United Nations Headquarters. The exhibition captures the remarkable achievements of the Timorese as they celebrated 10 years of independence and their […]
As the international community considered responses to the multiple crises in Mali, including authorization of an African-led military force, Malians themselves needed to be at the centre of efforts to restore their democracy to health and fully recover their territory, the United Nations political affairs chief told the Security Council this morning. ?The Malian leaders […]
