The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the situation in Kalma camp between internally displaced persons (IDPs) supporting the Darfur Peace Process in Doha and others. The Secretary-General calls on all concerned to address their differences through political dialogue and to refrain from […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the 2010 UN21 awards ceremony in New York today, 29 July: We are here to honour staff members who have made exceptional contributions to making our United Nations a better instrument of service for the world’s people. The finalists here today dared to challenge the status […]
On 27 July 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the eight entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008). The assets freeze, travel ban and arms […]
Delegates also Confirm Nominee to Head Office Of Internal Oversight Services, Elect Belarus to UNEP Governing Council By a vote of 122 in favour to none against, with 41 abstentions, the General Assembly today adopted, as orally revised, a resolution calling on States and international organizations to provide financial resources, build capacity and transfer technology, […]
Briefing Security Council, Joint Special Representative Cites Deteriorating Security amid Attacks on Peacekeepers, Inter-Ethnic Strife Reporting mixed progress in achieving the goals of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), its top official urged the Security Council this morning to support a “holistic” approach to ending the conflict and to promote the […]
The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria): This morning, the Security Council adopted a note by the President concerning the improvement of the working methods of the Council. The note is the product of intensive work on the part of the Security Council?s […]
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its eleventh session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 21 to 23 July. The session was presided over by the Chairman, David M. Walker, and attended by all the Committee members, Vijayendra N. Kaul (Vice-Chairman), Vadim V. Dubinkin, John F.S. Muwanga and […]
As natural disasters, accidents and war generate a never-ending stream of crisis, public attention shifts from one to the next. Meanwhile hunger, a quiet crisis, is rarely in the news. Yet current calculations show that close to 1 billion people worldwide continue to go to bed hungry each night. If the world continues at the […]
Albania?s Economic, Social Development ?May Not Make Sense? Unless Paired With Concrete Achievements Towards Women?s Equality, Empowerment, Says Delegation With the inception of a new law and the country?s first shelter to assist victims, Albania was strengthening its arsenal to stamp out domestic violence, the South-Eastern European country?s delegation told the Committee on the […]
Council President Hamidon Ali ( Malaysia) Hails ?Groundbreaking? Session, Highlights Annual Ministerial Review, Development Cooperation Forum With the adoption of 15 resolutions and three oral decisions spanning questions of international development cooperation, decolonization, human rights and the promotion of decent work, the Economic and Social Council concluded today what its President called a ?groundbreaking? 2010 […]
