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 […]
Election Fills Vacant Seat on International Tribunal for Law of the Sea The twenty-first Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea today asked the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to consider meeting in New York, simultaneously with its subcommissions, for up to six months annually […]
At the midpoint of its annual session, the States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea today elected six members to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, but failed to fill one additional seat, forcing a second day of voting tomorrow. Voting by secret ballot, the Meeting of […]
Acting on the recommendation of its General Committee, the General Assembly today decided to include on the agenda of its current session an item on the “appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations”, paving the way for the 192-member body to take up that issue before the expiration of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s first […]
Mauritania ?s Foreign Minister Says Extraordinary Summit Had Expressed ?Surprise And Disappointment? at Attempts to Marginalize Continent in Conflict?s Resolution The African Union will never hide from its responsibilities in helping resolve the conflict in Libya and the ?time was overdue to articulate a solution together? that would protect civilians, ensure a democratic transformation and […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the round table of the partners of the Central African Republic on 16 and 17 June 2011 in Brussels and commends the Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Development Bank […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the security situation and the escalation of fighting in Southern Kordofan, which has caused the death of many civilians and the displacement of tens of thousands, and put United Nations staff […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message, delivered by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, to the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Astana, 15 June: I am honoured to greet the Council […]
An estimated 30 per cent of those requiring humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was not being reached, said a top United Nations humanitarian official today at a New York Headquarters press conference, urging the international community to take steps towards improving access in that central African nation. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian […]
As the States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea continued their annual session today, delegates expressed diverging views on the workload of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, hearing a presentation by the Coordinator of the Working Group established in 2009 to address that body’s burgeoning responsibilities. […]
