United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tunis on Monday evening, 21 March, after completing a visit to Egypt. He had said at the outset that he was visiting both countries to support their recent efforts at forging a democratic transition, by listening to the peoples and Government of each country to determine what […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, 20 March, after having departed an international conference on Libya that had taken place in Paris the previous day. He immediately went to the Foreign Ministry to meet the country’s new Foreign Minister, Nabil Abdalla El-Araby. The two men then held a press […]
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 […]
While Sierra Leone was emerging as a remarkable success story for post-conflict reconstruction, it still required sustained support in order to complete that process, especially in enhancing the role of civil society, women in particular, the head of the Peacebuilding Commission?s configuration for the West African country said today at Headquarters. ?Sierra Leone is […]
The transatlantic slave trade was a tragedy of immense proportions that had inflicted untold suffering on millions of people for more than four centuries, a crime against humanity that deserved solemn ? and prominent ? recognition at United Nations Headquarters, ?lest we forget?, said Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica?s Ambassador to the United Nations, at a […]
By a Vote of 162-2-0, Committee Seeks to Ease Dire Financial Situation of Donor-Sourced Agency, Chronically Underfunded for Decades In an extraordinary action today, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) decided to recommend the use of United Nations regular budget funds to bolster the United Nations troubled refugee agency in the Middle East. […]
From kidnappings in Darfur to abductions in Côte d’Ivoire, United Nations personnel around the world have continued to face threats to their freedom and security. As the twenty-sixth annual Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members is observed on Friday, 25 March, the independence of the international civil service and the ability to […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed on 25 March: According to the Department of Safety and Security, at least 28 United Nations civilian personnel were detained or arrested in 2010 in cases that were considered job-related. Another 12 police and civilians […]
On 23 March 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 […]
Delivering a briefing today on the critical situation in Libya following the Security Council?s imposition of a no-fly zone on the country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the international community must ?continue to act with speed and decision? to save civilian lives. ?The international community has acted together to avert a potential large-scale crisis,? Mr. […]
