Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in New York, today, 23 November: Let us all thank the wonderful Empire City Men’s Chorus for that beautiful presentation. Thank you very much. And thank all of you for joining me for […]
Building a wide range of partnerships ? in particular with the private sector ? was critical to ending violence against women and girls, said participants that included civil society and corporate leaders at a Headquarters press conference today. Speaking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, panellists discussed the […]
About 4.5 million voters would be able to head to more than 11,000 polling stations in nearly 1,500 districts throughout Haiti to cast a vote in the 28 November presidential and legislative elections, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told reporters at a Headquarters press conference today, via video teleconference from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Despite outbursts of violence […]
Senior Humanitarian Affairs, Peacekeeping, Human Rights Officials Brief Delegations Say Conflict Parties Must Respect International Humanitarian Law Expressing deep regret that civilians continued to account for the vast majority of casualties in conflict situations, including as a result of deliberate targeting, indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks and sexual and gender-based violence, the Security Council today […]
Texts on Caribbean Sea, Countries in Special Circumstances Also Passed The global economic and financial crisis had highlighted the need to reform the international financial system and architecture, and added a new impetus to ongoing international discussions on that subject, the General Assembly would stress, according to one of three draft resolutions approved without […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, today, 22 November: Let me begin with a simple thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to be here with so many good friends of the United Nations. […]
The following statement by the Chairman of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict was issued in New York, 22 November: At the twenty-seventh meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, held on 9 November, the Working Group agreed, in connection with the consideration of the […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Summit Meeting on Afghanistan, in Lisbon, 20 November: Since our last Summit two years ago in Bucharest, much has changed in Afghanistan and in NATO’s engagement there. We are here to build on the important achievements of previous conferences in London and […]
Looking ahead to December?s conference on climate change, in Cancun, Mexico, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning Robert C. Orr said today that the international community could expect ?concrete results? in some areas, but that there was no ?silver bullet? for the climate challenge. Speaking at a Headquarters press conference, he recalled that United Nations […]
Also Takes Up Additional Financing Needs of Subcommittee on Torture Prevention Barely seven weeks away from crucial referendums in Southern Sudan that will determine whether the country will split into two nations, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered the Secretary-General?s request for $85.7 million for the United Nations Mission in the Sudan […]
