The political commitment to achieve better conditions for women must be backed by a financial commitment from United Nations Member States, including generating the minimum start-up budget of $500 million to get the world body?s new unified gender entity ? ?UN Women? ? up and running by January 2011, the agency?s newly appointed chief said today. ?The […]
Conservation Inseparable from Fight against Poverty, Says General Assembly President, as Thematic Panels Discuss Way Forward United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon implored world leaders this morning to commit to reversing the alarming rate of biodiversity loss and rescuing the natural economy before it was too late. Conserving the planet?s species and habitat was not […]
Calling for Less Talk and More Concrete Action as 2015 Deadline Looms, World Leaders Continue Assessment of Efforts to Reach Global Anti-Poverty Targets As the General Assembly gathered for the second day of its high-level review of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, presidents, ministers and other officials urged that concrete measures be devised […]
Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Millennium Development Goals Summit High-Level Event “Towards Universal Energy Access”, in New York today, 21 September: I am pleased to be with you. Universal energy access is a key priority on the global development agenda. It is a foundation for all the Millennium Development […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: In response to a request from the parties to Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Secretary-General has appointed a panel to monitor the upcoming self-determination referenda for Southern Sudan and the Abyei Area, headed by the former President of the United […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the launch today of a global initiative to harness digital technologies to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. (For details of the initiative, see Press Release DEV/2816.) A set of online tools aimed at providing users around the world with resources and tools to accelerate progress on the […]
Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma, speaking at a Headquarters press conference today, said the world had an ?obligation? to use international forums, round tables and debates to reach a common understanding on economic, social, cultural and environmental issues. Mr. Morales welcomed the convening of this week?s high-level General Assembly meeting on the Millennium Development […]
Nigeria?s underdeveloped infrastructure provided a prime opportunity for investment, according to the country?s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Odein Ajumogobia. ? Nigeria is stable,? Mr. Ajumogobia said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?We have come through a difficult period at the end of last year, but the new President has with a steady […]
At a Headquarters press conference today, members of the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity introduced an honorary ambassador to correspondents and announced the winners of the Midori Prize for Biodiversity. Translated from Japanese, midori means ?green?, and invokes the image of trees and plants. The term represents the environment and links to […]
United Nations Chief Opens Summit on Progress to Meet Anti-Poverty Targets, Assembly President Declares: ?We Have No Right to Fail; World?s Eyes Are Upon Us? Despite obstacles, scepticism and a fast-approaching 2015 deadline, the Millennium Development Goals could be achieved if the global community stayed true to the promise made a decade ago to end […]
