Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks during his visit to the Children?s Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Moscow, today, 21 April: It?s a great pleasure for me to visit this children?s rehabilitation centre as the first schedule on my visit to Russia. The children at this centre deserve our full attention, care and support. […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s address to the Kyiv Institute of International Relations on 21 April: Thank you for this very warm welcome. I am very honoured and pleased and overwhelmed by this strong support for the United Nations, for me, for my delegation, and I am very grateful for this warm welcome. It is […]
In observance of World Malaria Day, an exhibition celebrating individuals who have contributed to the fight against the disease will open at 6 p.m. on Monday, 25 April, in the North-east Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at United Nations Headquarters. Entitled Champions to End Malaria, the exhibition features portraits by photographer Platon, whose work captures individuals […]
The United Nations would send humanitarian aid teams to the Libyan capital as early as next weekend as part of an agreement signed with Libyan authorities this week with the aim of ensuring safe passage to relief workers and much-needed civilian aid, particularly into areas heavily affected by fighting, the Organization’s senior humanitarian official […]
Observer Says Continued Illegal Israeli Settlements Block Peace Process Revival; Committee Also Hears Reports on Montevideo Meeting, Helsinki Seminar Preparations Palestinians were ready, willing and would prefer to reach a peace treaty with Israel by September ? the deadline set by United States President Barack Obama and endorsed by the European Union to end protracted […]
Text Adopted by Vote of 123-1 (Israel); Also Adopts Resolutions on Eliminating Malaria, Particularly in Africa; Cooperation with African Union; HIV/AIDS Meeting Taking note of the ?grave financial situation? of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the General Assembly today requestedSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon to continue […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Prague on Thursday evening, 14 April, at the start of a four-country visit to Eastern and Central Europe. On Friday morning, he met President Václav Klaus, whom he briefed on recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya and Egypt. The Secretary-General underscored the […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message, delivered by Patricia O?Brien, United Nations Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, to the event in support of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, in Dubai, today, 19 April: I commend the United Arab Emirates for its […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the Summit on the Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy, in Kyiv today, 19 April: I thank President Viktor Yanukovych for his vision in organizing this conference long before issues of nuclear safety made it back to the world?s front pages. Twenty-five years ago, the explosion […]
In the wake of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, the international scientific community had made considerable advances in understanding and mitigating earthquake risks and a major push was under way to integrate those technologies into Haiti’s reconstruction plans at all levels, said a senior scientist with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) […]
