Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the World Food Programme (WFP) ?Safe Stoves? event in Copenhagen today, 16 December: I am delighted to join you at this ?Safe Stoves? event, sponsored by WFP and several UN partners. We are here in Copenhagen to work for a global agreement that goes into effect immediately […]
The Security Council should immediately suspend United Nations support to military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo until clear conditions were in place to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and the removal of commanders known to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch said […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s press conference held in New York today, 14 December 2009: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to meet you in Conference Room 4. I understand that Room 226 is going to be renovated. I hope you will bear with this inconvenience for […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s press conference held in New York today, 14 December 2009: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to meet you in Conference Room 4. I understand that Room 226 is going to be renovated. I hope you will bear with this inconvenience for […]
John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said today that he and other humanitarian actors would push negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen to guarantee sufficient funding and action plans to help the world?s poorest, most vulnerable people adapt to the changing weather patterns threatening their physical and economic survival. ?Our particular […]
The following Security Council press statement on the 8 December bombings in Baghdad was read out yesterday by Council President Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the series of terrorist attacks that occurred on 8 December 2009 in Baghdad, which caused numerous deaths and injuries and damage. […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the bomb attacks in Baghdad today that have left over 120 people dead and scores more injured. No cause can justify these attacks on civilians. The attacks appear to be aimed at undermining the […]
United Nations Television (UN TV), the official television channel of the United Nations, is now featured as a channel on the online television news service aggregator Livestation. Livestation is a service that aggregates TV news channels from global sources on the internet and on mobile. Livestation enables news networks to increase reach amongst a […]
The United Nations must be prepared to make efficiency gains in the next five years to free up funds to better respond to the world?s needs, said Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, addressing journalists on priorities for a more effective international humanitarian response. Speaking at a Headquarters press […]
The Review Conference of the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute governing the International Criminal Court would take place in Kampala, Uganda, from 31 May to 11 June 2010, Christian Wenaweser, the Assembly?s President, told correspondents today at Headquarters. Briefing on the outcome of the eighth session of the Assembly — […]
