Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the replenishment conference for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), in New York, 14 December: The Central Emergency Response Fund ? CERF ? is one of the world?s leading tools for disaster response. It is fast. It is effective. And most importantly, it saves lives. In the […]
After engaging in the ?most complex negotiation in the history of the world? delegates at last week?s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico successfully brokered key global agreements on mitigation, adaptation, deforestation, financing and technology transfer, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning Robert Orr said this afternoon. ?The Secretary-General identified what […]
While investments in malaria prevention and control had made major strides towards eradicating the disease, experts at a Headquarters press conference today said that progress remained fragile ? and more remained to be done. Participants at a joint videoconference from New York, Geneva, and Sophia, Bulgaria, included Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), […]
Host Country Representatives Address Members after Final MINURCAT Briefing The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) would ?lower its flag? at the end of December and start liquidation on 1 January 2011, Youssef Mahmoud, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission told the Security Council today. Briefing […]
Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Reports That Brazil, Argentina Have Recognized ‘Independent State of Palestine’ Israeli and Palestinian leaders should focus with urgency in the coming year on the essential elements of a “negotiated two-State endgame, for the benefit of both peoples”, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace […]
Decolonization was a remarkable but incomplete chapter in the history of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said today as he marked the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by calling on the international community to remain committed to making good on its […]
The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President Susan Rice ( United States): The members of the Security Council are deeply saddened by the passing yesterday of their colleague and an extraordinary United States diplomat, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. They noted that Ambassador Holbrooke?s service spanned decades and continents, confronting […]
Calls for Enhanced Cooperation Span Regions, Treaty Bodies; Assembly Reviews Unilateral Coercive Economic Measures, Hears Briefing on Chemical Weapons Ban Capping a day of debate aimed at forging a flexible and effective shared response to the present complex political, economic and social challenges, the General Assembly today adopted a raft of consensus texts urging […]
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today took up the Secretariat?s review of the first year of the 2010-2011 budget cycle, an annual exercise that re-evaluated budget requirements for the current two-year biennium downwards by $36.5 million, or less than 1 per cent, to $4.57 billion. When introducing the report, Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Controller […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, observed on 19 December: On the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, we highlight the rich contribution of developing countries to our collective progress, and encourage collaboration among them in achieving further advances against hunger, poverty and other global ills. […]
