Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the closing of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly in New York, today, 17 September: Let us think back to September 2011, when this session of the General Assembly began. We were deep in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The global […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York, 17 September: Thank you for coming together for this Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Reducing disaster risk and building resilience are now recognized as essential to sustainable development and poverty eradication. Now […]
Secretary-General: Through Education We Can Teach Children Not to Hate; Round Tables: Building Partnerships; Advancing Action Programme Implementation With the world?s people exhausted from war and angered by short-sighted Government policies that padded military budgets and gutted social programmes, senior United Nations officials and eminent peace advocates today opened the High-level Forum on a Culture […]
Convention?s Success to Date ?An Encouraging Sign?, President Says in Closing The United Nations, as the global human rights standard-bearer, must step up efforts to realize the rights of persons with disabilities, both at the national level and in its own work, speakers stressed today, as the fifth Conference of States Parties to the Convention […]
Assembly President Outlines Vision That Guided Commitment to Issue, Saying Timely Resort to Mediation Can Save Innocent Lives, Alleviate Suffering The General Assembly today welcomed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s highly-anticipated report on strengthening the role of mediation in peaceful dispute settlement, adopting a consensus resolution encouraging Member States to make use of the newly-published United Nations […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace, 21 September: On the International Day of Peace, the United Nations calls for a complete cessation of hostilities around the world. We also ask people everywhere to observe a minute of silence, at noon local time, to honour the victims — […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the opening session of the General Assembly High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace, in New York today, 14 September: I thank the President of the General Assembly for bringing us together for this important Forum. When we look at the suffering in our world, we know […]
The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided on 14 September 2012 to delist the following individual from the list of individuals subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the travel ban list) and the list of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed […]
Human security and human development must be at the ?centre of the equation? if Afghanistan was to find peace and prosperity, Michael Keating, Deputy Special Representative for that country, said at a Headquarters press conference today. Noting that much of the attention had been on security, corruption and the recent video that had incited […]
The General Assembly?s journey over the past 12 months had been momentous, historic and challenging, as Member States stepped up to address conflicts, significant political developments and other pressing global issues of the day, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser ( Qatar) said today, just days before handing over to his successor on Tuesday. Reflecting […]
