Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on intercultural dialogue for peace and security, in New York on 26 May: Mr. Prime Minister [Saad Hariri], it is a pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations. This is your first visit to the United Nations in your capacity as Prime […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the resumption of Cyprus talks, delivered by Alexander Downer, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, in Nicosia on 26 May: I warmly welcome both delegations back to the negotiating table. The parties made strong progress before the talks were suspended in late March. I am […]
In observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May, a multimedia exhibit will be open to the public from 28 May to 25 August in the North-East Gallery of the Visitors Lobby of United Nations Headquarters. The exhibit, entitled “Ayiti Kanpe” (Haiti Standing), pays tribute to the Haitian population and the peacekeepers that lost […]
The World Cup would change the image of the African continent for the better, Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, said today at a Headquarters press conference where several United Nations agencies highlighted their planned activities for the event. Mr. Lemke said the event would send a message […]
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 […]
Despite predictions of a modest global recovery in 2010 and 2011 ? resulting from rising production and world trade, and a tentative rebound in private consumption and business investment ? United Nations economic experts warned that widespread joblessness and large public debt in some States, if not well managed, could mean mediocre economic growth in […]
Presenting the results of two recent independent, peer-reviewed studies at Headquarters today, the Pew Environment Group said that regional fisheries management organizations were failing in their mandated task of regulating fishing on the high seas, with significant loopholes and lax enforcement allowing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing to continue. ?The goal of ensuring sustainable fisheries […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 24 May: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you. As you know, I returned from Istanbul yesterday afternoon, where I attended the conference on Somalia and had productive bilateral meetings with the […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 24 May: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you. As you know, I returned from Istanbul yesterday afternoon, where I attended the conference on Somalia and had productive bilateral meetings with the […]
With New Round of Proximity Talks Under Way, Secretary-General Urges Parties to Avoid Provocations, Move Quickly to Direct Negotiations on Core Issues (Received from a UN Information Officer) ISTANBUL, Turkey, 25 May — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his support for the revived Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks, saying it was necessary that they […]
