On 5 December 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s keynote remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the informal ministerial round table entitled ?Ambition, Support and Delivery, Now and in the Future?, in Doha, on 5 December: Thank you for inviting me to set the stage for this important discussion. Climate change has been at the top of my priority […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the GAVI Alliance Partners? Forum, held in Dar es Salaam, 5 December: His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania; Ms. Graça Machel; Dagfinn Høybråten, Chair of the Board; Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI; distinguished ministers; partners in the GAVI […]
Chiefs of Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia Courts Brief, Describe Start-Up of International Residual Mechanism The President of the new global mechanism for criminal tribunals tasked with prosecuting war crimes committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the 1994 Rwanda genocide today told the Security Council that making criminal justice sustainable in the long run […]
Taking up Four Other Draft Resolutions, Delegations Pass Three, Defer Action on Two The General Assembly would stress the need to increase the share of new and renewable sources of energy in the global mix as an important contribution to universal access to sustainable modern energy services, according to one of four draft resolutions that the Second […]
In Briefing, Special Adviser Says National Dialogue Possible ?Crucible For New Yemen?; Country Representative Asks for Patience as Challenges Met Yemenis had learned that the ?gun as a tool to answer the legitimate aspirations has passed, and a peaceful solution can emerge from the ashes of conflict?, the United Nations top official in that […]
Opening its 2013 organizational session, the Disarmament Commission today elected its new Chair and decided to hold its 2013 substantive session from 1 to 19 April, which would kick off its next three-year cycle. The Commission elected by acclamation Christopher Grima ( Malta) as Chair of the Commission?s 2013 substantive session. Assuming chairmanship of the meeting, Mr. Grima thanked […]
Twenty-seven donors today announced contributions, or their intention to contribute, to the 2013 budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as officials estimated that the chronically underfunded Agency would begin the year facing a deficit of some $69 million. The voluntary contributions were made at a […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Chief Executives Board meeting on ?The UN system Delivering as One on Climate Change: Sustainable Solutions for Climate Action?, in Doha, today, 4 December: Dear leaders of climate change. Thank you for your participation and support and commitment for climate change. For the last several years, […]
A new iPhone app developed by the United Nations Department of Public Information with a team of United Nations online volunteers is now downloadable for free. Illustrating the breadth of activities of the United Nations system around the world, the UN Calendar of Observances app uses the international days as a basis to show users, […]
