Two reports launched today by the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) stressed that targeting the world?s poorest children and communities with health interventions could save millions of lives each year and provide a more equitable, practical, cost-effective path to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline. During a Headquarters press conference, Anthony […]
Assembly President Opens Debate, Challenges Member States to Back Up Repeated Condemnation of Terrorist Acts by Taking Coordinated Action to Implement Strategy Reiterating strong and unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, ?by whomever [?] and for whatever purposes? they were committed, the General Assembly today reaffirmed its support for the United […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s speech to the European Forum on The International Financial Crisis and the Millennium Development Goals, in Alpbach, 4 September: It is a pleasure to be back in Alpbach. My visit last year was so rewarding that I simply had to return. Not only that, I have brought the senior […]
While progress had made in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, implementation had not moved as fast as many had hoped, said Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, as he urged States to implement the Strategy?s four pillars: to address conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism; prevent and combat […]
Two reports launched today by the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) stressed that targeting the world?s poorest children and communities with health interventions could save millions of lives each year and provide a more equitable, practical, cost-effective path to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the 2015 deadline. During a Headquarters press conference, Anthony […]
Assembly President Opens Debate, Challenges Member States to Back Up Repeated Condemnation of Terrorist Acts by Taking Coordinated Action to Implement Strategy Reiterating strong and unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, ?by whomever [?] and for whatever purposes? they were committed, the General Assembly today reaffirmed its support for the United […]
Council Briefed by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare, And Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallström Liberia had made ?tremendous progress? since the end of its devastating civil war, but would require international assistance to keep making progress in the foreseeable future, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning. […]
Nepal?s Representative Says Government Would Have Preferred More Balanced Report; Letter to Secretary-General Requests Extension of Mission ?with Appropriate Focus? The hard decisions needed to take Nepal?s peace process forward lay firmly in the hands of the Himalayan country?s leaders, and were beyond the mandate and capacity of the United Nations Mission there, known as […]
‘IGF 2010 — Developing the Future Together’ Theme of Meeting Representatives of Governments, international organizations, the Internet community, the private sector, civil society, and the media will convene from 14 to 17 September 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the fifth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). More than 1,200 people from 115 countries have […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message for the World Investment Forum in Xiamen, China, 7 September (recorded on 27 August): Excellencies, Distinguished leaders, Ministers and Chief Executive Officers, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to greet all the participants in this timely and important World Investment […]
