Getting urgently needed search and rescue teams, medical aid and basic sustenance to areas of Haiti devastated by Tuesday?s earthquake was a huge task, but the response of the United Nations and the international community had been focused and swift, John Holmes, Emergency Relief Coordinator, said this afternoon. ?These are all enormous challenges,? Mr. Holmes, who […]
Investors were eager to invest in clean energy but needed public policies that would provide market certainty and minimize risks, participants in today?s Investor Summit on Climate Risk said at a Headquarters press conference. Moderating the event, in which four high-level institutional investors took part, Mindy S. Lubber, President of Ceres, said that more […]
Representatives of African Union, Arab League Urge No-fly Zone, Anti-piracy Actions; Stress Importance of Djibouti Process The crisis in Somalia was no longer local or even regional, but a global one that could no longer be ignored, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General?s top representative in that country, said today in a briefing to the Security […]
Representatives of African Union, Arab League Urge No-fly Zone, Anti-piracy Actions; Stress Importance of Djibouti Process The crisis in Somalia was no longer local or even regional, but a global one that could no longer be ignored, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General?s top representative in that country, said today in a briefing to the Security […]
Challenges to Improved Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding Efforts also Cited While West Africa continued to make progress in critical areas, weak governance, lagging development, climate change, the changing nature of drug trafficking and other challenges continued to threaten peace and stability in the volatile subregion, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today. ?West […]
(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou, the new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Until his new appointment, Mr. Zinsou was Chargé d?Affaires ad interim at his country?s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New […]
Outgoing Special Representative Says Civilian Aspects of Transition Strategy ? Building Institutions, Economy – Must Be as Important as Military, or ?We Will Fail? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council today that Afghanistan had reached a ?critical juncture? after a challenging year of difficult elections, a deteriorating security situation and doubts about […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at a meeting with the heads of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO-PrepCom) in New York today, 8 January: Happy New Year and welcome. Thank you for […]
Outgoing Special Representative Says Civilian Aspects of Transition Strategy ? Building Institutions, Economy – Must Be as Important as Military, or ?We Will Fail? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council today that Afghanistan had reached a ?critical juncture? after a challenging year of difficult elections, a deteriorating security situation and doubts about […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s briefing to the Security Council on Afghanistan in New York today, 6 January: Let me begin by offering my warmest greetings for the New Year, 2010. I hope and trust that it will bring greater peace and serenity, both in the public and private affairs of peoples and nations […]
