A worsening drought and increasing pressure on scarce resources threatened to push Ethiopia into ?famine-like conditions?, the top United Nations humanitarian official said today in a Headquarters press conference on the heels of her recent visit to that country. An estimated 3.2 million people in Ethiopia were currently receiving food assistance, said Valerie Amos, […]
Briefing Also Highlights Dangers of Drug Trafficking, Money-laundering, Despite Improvements in Governance, Institution-building While commending the institutional and governance improvements that had helped resolve both long-brewing and unexpected political crises in West Africa over the past year, the top United Nations envoy in the subregion today urged the Security Council to remain vigilant because elections […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General takes note of the publication of the report of Honduras? Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He hopes that the Commission?s report will serve as an important contribution to strengthen democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Honduras. […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Peter Wittig ( Germany): The members of the Security Council take note of the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) dated 24 June 2011 (document S/2011/388). The members of the Security Council noted […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Hilde Johnson of Norway as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan. Ms. Johnson brings with her significant experience in crisis and conflict response, including in the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Great Lakes region, Afghanistan, […]
After eight years of occupation by Coalition forces, said experts today from the United Nations Working Group that monitors mercenaries and mercenary-related activities, the security sector in Iraq faced a vacuum that opened the door to private military and security companies. While United States? troops were scheduled to leave Iraq by the end of the […]
The following Security Council statement was issued today by Council President Peter Wittig (Germany): The members of the Security Council take note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in that country (BINUCA) dated 16 May […]
On 30 June 2011, the Security Council decided to change the name of its Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). The new name of the Committee is: “The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities”. The Committee notes that the change to its […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Economic and Social Council to launch the 2011 Millennium Development Goals Report in Geneva today, 7 July: First of all, let me thank you most sincerely for your very kind words and also your strong support and warm welcome on my reappointment as the Secretary-General of […]
Jamaica?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations announced at Headquarters today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a worldwide design competition for the permanent memorial that would be placed at the United Nations to honour the memory of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. ?People have been asking […]
