Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague on 14 November: Your Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; Your Excellency Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute; Your Honour […]
Emphasizing that access to voluntary family planning was a human right, Richard Kollodge, editor of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report, told journalists today that increased financial support and political commitments were crucial in order to reap both the economic benefits and positive multiplier effect on development that resulted from providing such health […]
He Goes on to Contrast Progress on Post-2015 Agenda With Impasse in Working Group Formulating Sustainable Development Goals Low productivity, reduced investment, land degradation, water scarcity and climate change had combined to form a ?perfect storm? of challenges to the agricultural output of several Member States, General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić (Serbia) told the […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Yale University George Herbert Walker, Jr. lecture series, in New Haven on 13 November: I am honoured to deliver the George Herbert Walker lecture. I have been privileged to work with members of his family through the years, including both Presidents Bush, 41 and […]
Cuban Foreign Minister Sites Embargo?s Devastating Impact on Development; United States Delegate Says Economic Woes Due to Havana?s Own Failed Policies Voting nearly-unanimously to adopt the General Assembly?s twenty-first consecutive resolution calling for an end to the United States? blockade against Cuba, United Nations delegates urged President Barack Obama, fresh-off a re-election victory, to ?act […]
Also Hears Introduction of Drafts on Refugee High Commissioner, Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation, Committee against Torture The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today approved a draft resolution on the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and heard the introduction of three other draft texts, as the Chair urged delegates to […]
Preliminary Findings Indicate No Health Effects, Says Chair; Japan Commends Committee?s Critical Role, Ukraine Willing to Share Chernobyl Lessons The work of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation affected decisions in several domains, including energy, waste management, radiation medicine, and the protection of the public, workers and the environment, […]
At its thirty-fourth meeting on 5 October 2012, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the fourth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan (document S/2012/413), to address the following message to all the parties to the armed conflict in […]
At its thirty-fourth meeting on 5 October 2012, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the fourth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan (document S/2012/413), to address the following message to all the parties to the armed conflict […]
On 12 November 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo added the following individual to the List of Individuals and Entities Subject to the Measures Imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005). Name (last/first): MAKENGA, Sultani. Alias: MAKENGA, Colonel SULTANI. Alias: […]
