Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro?s remarks at the ?Living Legacy? concert, in New York, 25 March: We are here to pay tribute to the millions of victims of the transatlantic slave trade, and to celebrate the remarkable legacy they have left despite the abhorrent treatment to which they were subjected. Slavery reduced human […]
With no real movement towards forming a Government in Lebanon following the collapse nearly three months ago of Saad Hariri?s administration, United Nations envoy Michael Williams today called for an end to the political polarization in the Middle Eastern country so that both the security and development priorities of the people could be met. […]
While economic growth had increased in the 49 least developed countries over the last decade, it had not produced sufficient social or economic returns, owing to persistent structural challenges in the nature of growth, employment and decent work, said the Executive Director of the Employment Sector at the International Labour Organization (ILO) today at […]
Secretary-General Urges Agreement on Permanent Status Issues, Calls for Cessation of Actions Jeopardizing Palestinian Statehood MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 29 March – As the United Nations Latin American and Caribbean Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace opened this morning in Montevideo, Uruguay, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the parties to bolster efforts to reach agreement […]
African Group Certain Endeavour Will Build More Effective Global Coalition, as Organizations Draw on Comparative Advantages of Each Other Born from the commitment made by the international community at the 2005 World Summit to meet Africa?s special needs, the 10-year capacity-building programme for the African Union pioneered a model of true partnership between the […]
A blue-ribbon report released ahead of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in Istanbul, from 9 to 13 May, says that these countries can break out of a decades-long poverty trap, with determined national action and international support. The report shows upward progress in category after category of economic and […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Luiz Eduardo Ramos Pereira of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Major General Ramos replaces Major General Luiz Guilherme Paul Cruz, also of Brazil, who will complete his assignment on 31 March. The Secretary-General appreciates Major General […]
Drafts Also Address Iraq Fund, Convention on Disappearances, Air Travel Standards, Service Conditions for Civil Service Commission, Budget Advisory Committee Officials Concluding the first part of its resumed sixty-fifth session, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon approved by consensus and recommended to the General Assembly resolutions on the Capital Master Plan, Joint […]
Cycle of Forgetting Must Be Broken to Overcome Legacy of Humanity?s ?Darkest Chapters?, Speakers Urge in Commemorating Day of Remembrance Marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, senior United Nations and Government officials today honoured the ?heroes? that had fought and died to overcome the […]
Escalating Violence Cited as Permanent Representative Warns of Arms Distribution, ?Long-planned Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide? The deteriorating security situation in Côte d?Ivoire has had a serious toll on the lives of the West African country?s people, Atul Khare, Assistant-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council today as he conveyed the request of regional […]
