Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed on 31 May: This year’s observance of World No Tobacco Day focuses on “Gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to women”. Although fewer than 1 out of 10 women are smokers, that still adds up to an estimated 200 million […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is seriously concerned that, due to political differences, the parties in Nepal have yet to reach an agreement to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly past the 28 May 2010 deadline for completing its critical work. The […]
By week?s end, States parties to the landmark 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement would likely suggest concrete ways to improve management of the world?s key shared fisheries and tackle such pressing problems as over-fishing, over-capacity and the limited ability of developing countries to monitor off-shore coastal zones, a key ocean management official said Wednesday […]
Recommending special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for two groups today, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) also postponed consideration of 62 other applications pending receipt of additional information. General, special or roster status with the Council is granted in accordance with such criteria as the applicant?s mandate, governance and financial regime. […]
Amid high stakes and intense negotiations to bring the 2010 Review Conference for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to a successful conclusion, delegations of States parties to the landmark 1968 accord began pouring over the details of a draft final document distributed early this evening, with a view to adopting it by consensus on 28 […]
Approaching the end of its four-week second resumed session, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today took up the proposed budget for the United Nations Office to the African Union, estimated to require $10.6 million, with speakers expressing regret at its late submission by the Secretary-General, leaving barely a day to consider possible gaps, as […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Brazilian Haiti Peacekeeping Commemoration, as prepared for delivery, in Rio de Janeiro, today, 27 May: Meu coração está transbordando — transbordando de tristeza, gratidão e respeito. (My heart is full — full of sorrow, gratitude, respect.) For me, this is a deep and personal privilege. […]
As Istanbul Meeting Concludes, Participants Back Fayyad State-Building Plan, ?Cautiously Welcome? Resumed Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations through Proximity Talks (Received from a UN Information Officer.) ISTANBUL, Turkey, 26 May ? A United Nations meeting in support of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process stressed the importance of the two-year State-building plan put forward by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam […]
Proposals Include Timely, Accurate Fisheries Data, Prior Environmental Impact Assessments to Detect Already-Depleted Areas, Shark Finning Moratorium Government officials and environmental experts alike weighed in on the effectiveness of the 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement and put forward diverse ? sometimes divergent ? ideas for improving its implementation, as the Conference to review the landmark […]
Opening its 2010 resumed session today, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations recommended consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for nine non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and postponed consideration of more than two dozen others pending receipt of more information. The 19-member Committee recommends general, special or roster status with the Council in accordance with […]
