Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day, to be observed on 8 June: World Oceans Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of oceans to humankind’s sustainable development. It is also a time to recognize the many severe challenges related to oceans. These range from depleted fishery resources, […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is alarmed at the escalation of violence in Syria, which has reportedly left at least 70 killed over the past week alone, bringing the total casualties since mid-March to over 1,000 dead, many more injured and thousands arrested. The […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, to the high-level segment of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins, in Brazzaville, 3 June: I thank President Denis Sassou Nguesso for hosting […]
At a Headquarters press conference today, Xavier Bertrand, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Health of France, outlined his Government’s priorities during its presidency of the G-20, which would emphasize strengthening the social dimension of globalization to ensure that the worldwide movement towards integration was better aligned with popular concerns for employment, prosperity and […]
With a new United Nations report showing exponential progress in the struggle against HIV/AIDS over the past 30 years, next week?s high-level meeting on the response to the epidemic would be an opportunity to end much of the harm it caused, Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said at Headquarters today. ?It is a chance to chart […]
Demanding an immediate withdrawal of the Sudanese Government and of all military elements from the contested Abyei area, the Security Council today strongly condemned the Sudanese Government’s military seizure of the town and the resulting displacement of tens of thousands of residents. Through a statement read out by Nelson Messone of Gabon, whose delegation […]
(Received from a UN Information Officer.) SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 2 June ? The Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization had been a ?lively? forum for sharing a range of views on the situations in the 16 Non-Self Governing Territories around the world, and the Special Committee on Decolonization must now undertake a self-analysis […]
(Received from a UN Information Officer.) SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 31 May — In a message to participants of the Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged the Special Committee on Decolonization to work towards an action-oriented dialogue at all levels with the Non-Self Governing Territories and administering Powers […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s toast, as prepared for delivery, at a dinner hosted by Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy, in Rome, 2 June: Thank you, President Napolitano, for your kind invitation and for the honour of speaking here this evening. Looking around this remarkable palace, we stand in awe again at the art, […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the reappointment of Edmond Mulet of Guatemala as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. The Secretary-General expresses his gratitude to Atul Khare of India for his more than one year of service in that position. Having previously been Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2007 to 2010, Mr. Mulet […]
