The number of the world?s deadliest conflicts has decreased dramatically in recent years, according to an independent study released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York. At a press conference launching the latest Human Security Report, produced by the Vancouver-based Human Security Report Project at Simon Fraser University and funded by the Governments […]
Also Takes Up Reports on Financing for Decisions of Human Rights Council Four days after Haiti held a first round of elections and nearly a year after a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean nation, Secretariat officials proposed a budget of more than $850 million for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Brice Lalonde of France and Elizabeth Thompson of Barbados as the Executive Coordinators for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The General Assembly, by its resolution 64/236, decided to convene the Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government, […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement today of the provisional results of the presidential run-off elections by the Independent Electoral Commission. The Secretary-General calls upon the Constitutional Council to expeditiously initiate the process of proclamation of the final results, respecting the […]
The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Susan Rice ( United States): The members of the Security Council were briefed by Mr. Y.J. Choi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Côte d?Ivoire, on the electoral process in the country. The members of the Security Council welcomed the holding of the presidential run-off elections […]
The Security Council?s programme of work for December would include a high-level event on Iraq chaired by United States Vice-President Joe Biden, an open debate on resolutions 1820 (2008) and 1888 (2009) ? both on ?women, peace and security? ? as well as a briefing by the Chair of the 1737 Committee on Iran sanctions, Ambassador Susan Rice of the United […]
Concluding its sixty-fifth session today, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved 15 draft resolutions, including one on agriculture development and food security, by which the General Assembly would stress the need to enhance production, productivity and sustainability, while calling for the timely realization of the 2009 G-8 commitment to mobilize $20 billion over […]
Members Pass Seven Draft Resolutions by Consensus, Defers Action on Three Others The General Assembly would stress the importance of responsible borrowing and lending, while urging all lenders and borrowers to integrate debt sustainability analyses into their decisions in order to help maintain sustainable debt levels through a coordinated and cooperative approach, according to […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General regrets that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has not yet announced the provisional results of the run-off presidential election that was held on 28 November in Côte d’Ivoire. The Secretary-General recalls that the announcement of the run-off provisional national […]
On 1 December 2010, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo added the following four individuals to the List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005), as renewed by paragraph 3 of resolution […]
