Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly, in New York, today, 21 June: With your decision this afternoon — with your warm words — you do me a very great honour, beyond expression. Standing in this place, mindful of the immense legacy of my predecessors, I am humbled by your […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Global Compact Board meeting in New York today, 21 June: Good morning, and welcome to this year’s first Board meeting. Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to our new members: Mr. Carrier, Ms. De Greiff, Mr. Fu Chengyu, Mr. Hägglund, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Li Decheng, Ms. Marton‑Lefèvre and Mr. Sane. I greatly […]
The world’s oceans were at high risk of entering a phase of “globally significant” extinction of marine species, an international panel of marine experts warned at Headquarters today. Speaking during a press conference to launch a new report by the International Programme on State of the Oceans (IPSO) on the protection of marine species, […]
Following are the remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to a media forum on non-communicable diseases, in New York, 20 June: Thank you, Dr. [John] Seffrin [CEO of the American Cancer Society] for your introduction. I would like to express my tremendous gratitude to the American Cancer Society for all your work to […]
With an estimated 8 million premature deaths from non-communicable diseases occurring in developing countries each year, the upcoming high-level General Assembly meeting on the topic would bring an urgently needed focus to the problem, a panel of speakers participating in a preliminary media event on the issue said at Headquarters today. ?This meeting is a […]
Chair Describes Recent Developments, Outcome of Helsinki Meeting; Reports Presented on West Bank, Gaza Unemployment, Assistance Delivery Challenges The Palestinian Rights Committee this morning approved the agenda of its upcoming Brussels meeting on advancing the Middle East peace process, as it also heard reports on previous international meetings, as well as on unemployment and […]
The twelfth United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea will meet at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 20 to 24 June. This meeting will serve to provide an important input to the discussions leading up to Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development that will be held […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June: Torture is a brutal attempt to destroy a person’s sense of dignity and sense of human worth. It acts also as a weapon of war, spreading terror beyond its direct victims to communities and […]
In Two Resolutions, Council Extends Ombudsperson?s Term for 18 Months To Oversee Al-Qaida List, Creates New Committee to Manage Taliban List Recognizing that some members of the Taliban in Afghanistan had rejected the terrorist ideology of Al-Qaida and joined in the Government reconciliation process, the Security Council this afternoon decided to separate the sanctions regime on […]
Decision Adopted by Consensus as Twenty-First Meeting of States Parties to Law of the Sea Convention Concludes Concluding its annual session today, the twenty-first Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea decided to link future adjustments to the annual base salary for members of the International Tribunal for […]
