On 8 February 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the two entries 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 the […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly’s informal thematic debate on disaster risk reduction, in New York today, 9 February: Last year, more than a quarter of a million people were killed by disasters. From the earthquake in Haiti and major tremors in Chile and China to floods in Pakistan and […]
Disaster risk reduction was crucial to protect gains made in reaching the Millennium Development Goals, especially in poor countries where capacities were low and massive losses would only perpetuate a cycle of poverty and disempowerment, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss said today at a Headquarters press conference. The Assembly’s informal thematic debate on disaster […]
Wrapping up its 2011 regular session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended special consultative status for 24 entities to the Economic and Social Council, boosting the session to a record 112 organizations that had been recommended for status, said the Committee?s Chairman. In the course of the two-week session, said Aydan Karamanoğlu ( Turkey), the […]
Committee, Entering Second Week, Grants Status To 13 More Organizations, Defers Consideration of 6 The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 13 entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, postponed consideration of six applications and took note of 210 quadrennial reports, or ?briefs? submitted by NGOs every four years outlining their activities in support […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday evening, 29 January. Upon his arrival, the Secretary-General met with a delegation of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), comprising Henry Ajumogobia, Foreign Minister of Nigeria, and James Victor Gbeho, President of the ECOWAS Commission. […]
On 10 February, the United Nations Department of Public Information will honour women of the Holocaust at the sixth annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in a ceremony to be held in the General Assembly Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The ceremony […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the morning of Tuesday, 25 January, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek. The Secretary-General first travelled to Lausanne for a meeting with the International Olympic Committee, its President Jacques Rogge, as well as the heads of some international sports federations. The Secretary-General then opened the […]
Mission Head, Permanent Representative Brief Security Council on Efforts to End Impunity, Defeat Armed Groups Despite progress in consolidating stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, international support must be maintained to end violence against civilians and facilitate upcoming elections, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country told the Security Council in a […]
Following Protracted Debate, Roll-Call Vote on ?No Action? Motion, Committee Defers Consideration of International Lesbian and Gay Association The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 13 civil society groups for consultative status in the work of the Economic and Social Council, while it postponed its consideration of 16 other applications. In a day that also […]
