The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers in Kirumba on 18 August, which resulted in the deaths of […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is saddened by the deaths of three Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), who were killed early this morning following a surprise attack by a group of […]
Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco Briefs; Says Direct, Meaningful Talks Only Avenue to Comprehensive, Sustainable Solution ?We are nearing a turning point in the efforts to promote direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians,? Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco told the Security Council today, expressing the United Nations conviction that direct and […]
The second World Humanitarian Day and the seventh anniversary of the attack against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad will be observed on Thursday, 19 August, at 10:30 a.m., in the General Assembly Building public lobby. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will lay a wreath in front of the memorial plaque located outside the Meditation Room […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions on the launch of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, held in Fortaleza, Brazil, 16 August: It gives me great pleasure to send greetings to the Second International Conference on […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General remains concerned over a string of recent incidents that have contributed to a general deterioration of the situation in Darfur. Continued attacks on African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers and abductions and mistreatment of United Nations […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Model United Nations, in Kuala Lumpur, 14 August: Mr. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dear young friends, I am pleased to welcome you to the second Global Model UN Conference organized by the United Nations. Recent […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the deposit of the twenty-second instrument adhering to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (“Optional Protocol”). The Optional Protocol, which was adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General has taken note of the announcement by the Union Election Commission of Myanmar that general elections will be held on 7 November 2010. The Secretary-General reiterates his call on the Myanmar authorities to honour their publicly stated commitments […]
NEW YORK, 13 August (United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ? The General Assembly in its resolution 64/71, of 4 December 2009, approved the convening by the Secretary-General of the twenty-sixth session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York from 2 to 27 August 2010. […]
