The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Mark Lyall Grant ( United Kingdom): The members of the Security Council reiterated their satisfaction with the organization of the first round of the presidential elections in Côte d?Ivoire on 31 October 2010, and thereby stressed the need for the Ivorian stakeholders to preserve this […]
A photo exhibition entitled ?Summer Games in Gaza? will be launched at 6 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, in the North East gallery of the Visitors Lobby. This exhibit, presented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the 2010 World Forum on Hansen’s Disease (leprosy), held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24-26 November: Honourable National Assemblyman Kim Choon-jin, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to greet all the participants in the World Forum on Hansen’s Disease […]
Acting on a letter from the Secretary-General, dated 22 November, concerning the planned run-off elections scheduled to take place in Côte d’Ivoire on 28 November (document A/2010/601), the Security Council today authorized a temporary redeployment of support from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) for […]
Drafts on Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development Also Passed The General Assembly would encourage Member States to approach the upcoming United Nations Climate ChangeConference in Cancún, Mexico, with a view to achieving a substantive, balanced and ambitious outcome,according to one of seven draft resolutions approved by consensus today in the Second Committee (Economic and Financial). […]
Also Approves Texts on Religious Defamation, Child Rights, World Drug Problem, UN Crime Prevention, African Refugees, Year of People of African Descent in 2011 Concluding its work for the current session today, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved eight draft resolutions involving issues ranging from the follow-up to the Durban Declaration and […]
Assembly Also Adopts Resolutions on Fostering Culture of Peace; Sustained, Inclusive Economic Growth; Report of International Criminal Court Non-communicable diseases related to tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol have emerged as a serious macroeconomic and development challenge around the globe, exacerbating poverty and requiring urgent attention to curb […]
February Event in Cairo to Consider Plight of Prisoners Held by Israel Abdou Salam Diallo of Senegal was today elected Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Mr. Diallo?s nomination by Oumar Daou ( Mali) was seconded by Hamidon Ali ( Malaysia) as B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General […]
(Delayed in transmission) Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the 2010 Young Atlanticist Summit, in Lisbon, 20 November: Thank you very much for your warm welcome and introduction. It is really a great pleasure for me to be with you this afternoon on the margins of my participation in the NATO [North […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula caused by today’s artillery attack by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Yeonpyeong Island. The attack was one of the gravest incidents since the […]
