Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for World Refugee Day, to be observed 20 June: This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is also 60 years since UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, was established. In that time, the work of helping the world?s refugees and other […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement following the Security Council’s vote on his second term of office, today, 17 June: I am deeply honoured by the unanimous vote of the Security Council to recommend me to the General Assembly for a second term as Secretary-General. With this recommendation by the Security Council, I will […]
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the United Nations Population Award ceremony, in New York, 16 June: It is a pleasure to welcome you to the twenty-eight United Nations Population Award ceremony. The Award has special resonance this year, as we prepare to welcome the seven billionth member of our human family. […]
As diverse demands for United Nations peacekeeping continued to grow, more than 14,000 United Nations police officers ? a force that was increasingly specialized and increasingly female ? were deployed around the world, said the United Nations top police officer at a Headquarters press conference today. ?UN Police are one of the tools that the […]
Resolution Adopted by Recorded Vote of 154 in Favour to 4 against; Also Adopts Consensus Text on Action Programme for Least Developed Countries Five years after the creation of the Human Rights Council as the United Nations? key forum for tackling entrenched human rights concerns around the world, the General Assembly today decided to […]
Committee Will Ask Council to Approve Two More Meetings Each Year to Allow Time to Finalize Reports Having finished its work on 24 May, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today concluded its 2011 resumed session, adopting by consensus its report, which contained seven draft decisions on matters that called for action by the Economic and […]
On 15 June 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of […]
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro?s remarks to the General Assembly informal civil society interactive hearing on non-communicable diseases, in New York today, 16 June: They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We have lots of walking to do, especially since we are going to be promoting […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Parliament of Uruguay in Montevideo on 15 June: This is an extraordinary honour for me to address this august chamber of Parliament. I have been looking forward to this visit for a long time. I know that there is no official religion in Uruguay. But I […]
It was critical for the outcome of the 2011 Conference of Parties to the Climate Change Convention to make operational the agreements reached last year in Cancun, but also to move forward on all aspects of the climate-change agenda, according to the Foreign Minister of South Africa, where the Conference will be held. ?We emphasize […]
