A top official of the European Union naval operation working to squash piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast lauded this afternoon the Chinese Government?s decision to add a warship to that operation. ?This is extremely good news and will allow us to surge other assets into the Somali basin where pirate activity […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the memorial service for staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), delivered by Edmond Mulet, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in Port-au-Prince today, 28 January: Dear colleagues, friends, I know there is little I can say to give you comfort on this sad […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Staffan de Mistura of Sweden as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General succeeds Kai Eide of Norway, who will complete his assignment on 28 February, and to whom Mr. Ban is […]
The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia this morning formally adopted a mode of cooperation between China and the Western naval coalition patrolling the Gulf of Aden, Carl Salicath, its Chairperson, said at Headquarters today. ?This cooperation is open for any nation that patrols these waters in order to prevent piracy,? Mr. […]
The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that, while the international relief effort in Haiti was beginning to gain its footing, the scale of the devastation in the earthquake-ravaged country was immense, and helping more than 2 million people rebuild their lives would require the engagement of a broad spectrum […]
?It is sheer dumb luck that we have succeeded as a world without a nuclear catastrophe since 1945, and not a function of good policy,? Gareth Evans, an honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, said today at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Australia. In that context, the status […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly meeting on Haiti, in New York today, 22 January: Ten days after the earthquake in Haiti, the scale of the disaster has become clear. According to Government estimates, at least 75,000 people have been killed, 200,000 were injured and 1 million have been displaced. But of […]
Under the auspices of the Department of Public Information, the United Nations will observe the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January 2010, with a ceremony and concert from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall at Headquarters in New York. The performance by […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General has followed with deep concern reports of the outbreak of inter-religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos which resulted in significant loss of life and destruction of property. The Secretary-General appeals to all concerned to exercise […]
Immediate employment for the Haitian population was a crucial part of the response to the earthquake, Rebeca Grynspan, the new Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said this afternoon, as she announced a dramatic ramping up of the agency’s Cash-for-Work in the devastated nation. “Work programmes will be very important for […]
