Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the thirty-fifth United Nations International School-United Nations Conference: ?The Web: Wiring our World?, today, 3 March, in New York: Congratulations on taking part in this conference, and for choosing such a timely theme. The Internet is only slightly older than most of you, […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Li Baodong ( China): The members of the Security Council were briefed this afternoon by Assistant Secretary General Atul Khare on the security situation in Abyei and in South Sudan. The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern over the recent fighting […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March: One hundred years ago, when the world first commemorated International Women’s Day, gender equality and women’s empowerment were largely radical ideas. On this centenary, we celebrate the significant progress that has been achieved through determined advocacy, practical […]
The Security Council this morning requested the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to withdraw the military personnel that have been providing security for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as it decided to end the authorization for that deployment. Through the unanimous adoption of resolution 1971 (2011), the Council said it looked forward […]
Panellists in Favour of ?Paradigm Shift? Away from Traditional Perceptions There was a need for a paradigm shift in the traditional perception of waste as a costly and unwanted by-product, to one whereby it would be regarded as a resource, panellists told the Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the nineteenth session of the Commission on […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s tragic assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, a prominent advocate for minority rights and a promoter of interfaith understanding. This follows the recent assassination of the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, which […]
Marketing deadly designer drugs online under innocuous names like “ivory wave” bath salts or plant food, drug dealers were turning hefty profits by selling to young people worldwide — a practice which the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) was working hard to end — one of its members said during a Headquarters news conference […]
United Nations officials at the helms of the world body’s peacekeeping and drug enforcement activities today announced the signing of an agreement to further strengthen the partnership between those crucial security functions. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Under-secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy, […]
A comprehensive strategy for Somalia and newly emergent crises in Africa would be among the priority issues to be considered during China’s March presidency of the Security Council, that country’s Permanent Representative told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. “We cannot have a piecemeal solution,” Li Baodong said of Somalia, which would […]
Hopes of Libyan People ?Must not be Dashed? Assembly President Says, As Secretary-General Voices ?Grave Concern? at Ongoing Violence against Civilians In an unprecedented move today, the United Nations General Assembly suspended Libya?s membership in the Human Rights Council, the Organization?s pre-eminent human rights body, expressing its deep concern about the situation in that […]
