Members of Panel Address Formulation of Sustainable Development Goals Human life on earth would depend on the formulation of a set of sustainable development goals built on an ambitious vision, Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher for Oxfam GB, told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it held a panel discussion on that subject. […]
Briefing Council, Special Representative for Somalia Highlights Political, Security Gains; Speakers Say ?No Amount of Support Can Replace Somali Leadership? With Somalia?s nine-year transition complete, upholding its ?remarkable? progress, new President, leaner Parliament and calmer security landscape required, now more than ever, urgent and sustained support to ensure further successes following two decades of […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Food Day, observed on 16 October: The world food situation continues to be cause for serious concern. Millions of small food producers — many of whom are women — are struggling to cope with economic and climatic shocks, and with high and volatile food prices. Newly […]
Members Stress Need to Complete Electoral Body, Strengthen Police Capacity Haiti?s progress was ?obvious?, given its strong steps towards recovery in the political, social and security sectors, as well as signs that the country was poised to overcome the steep challenges ahead, the senior United Nations official there told the Security Council today. Steady […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gert Rosenthal ( Guatemala): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the 2 October ambush by unidentified armed men on an African Union-United Nations mission (UNAMID) patrol in El Geneina, West Darfur, in which four Nigerian peacekeepers were killed and […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General expresses his deepest concern at the incident which has reportedly killed at least six Turkish civilians and gravely wounded others in the town of Akcakale near the Syrian border. The Secretary-General extendshis sincere condolences to the Government and people […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is appalled and deeply saddened by the latest attack on peacekeepers in Darfur, which occurred during the evening of 2 October when unidentified armed assailants ambushed an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in El Geneina, […]
Elaborating a harmonized post-2015 sustainable development agenda and developing a consultative mechanism between the General Assembly and global economic institutions would top that body?s priorities during its sixty-seventh annual session, said its President during a Headquarters press conference today. ?The next 12 months are not going to be remembered as the easiest in mankind,? […]
On the sidelines of the busy opening of the General Assembly session at United Nations Headquarters, 40 States took 87 treaty actions in an annual event that ended today. ?States have again manifested their firm belief in the importance of international treaty law,? said Patricia O?Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel. The bulk […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in New York, 1 October: Thank you for coming together in support of the goal of the total elimination of chemical weapons. The issue of chemical and biological weapons disarmament has been a longstanding […]
