(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.) The new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, Gyan Chandra Acharya, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Acharya was Foreign Secretary of Nepal since 2007. Before that, he held the post of Nepal?s Permanent […]
A photo exhibition entitled ?The United Nations and the Palestine Refugees, 60 Years Later" will be launched at 6 p.m. on Monday, 30 November in the North East Gallery of the Visitors? Lobby. This exhibit, presented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), under the […]
(Delayed in transmission.) Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the fifty-first annual UNA-USA/BCUN Global Leadership Awards gala, in New York, 23 November What a pleasure to be here this evening. I see so many familiar faces, so many dynamic New Yorkers, so many good friends of the United Nations. I thank you for […]
According to an agreement with the Sudan People?s Liberation Army (SPLA), the United Nations would be able to conduct surprise visits to SPLA camps in Sudan to verify the presence of child soldiers, said Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, who added that such dialogue might begin for similar […]
Expressing anger at the United States Government?s expanded presence at seven military bases in Colombia, the Venezuelan Government had asked the Security Council to place an examination of Colombia?s armed conflict on its work agenda, its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jorge Valero Briceño, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference. Ambassador […]
Up to 70 per cent of women at some point in their lifetime experienced physical or sexual violence by men, most from someone they knew, which meant that men had a crucial role in ending such abuse — as fathers, friends and decision-makers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a Headquarters press briefing, following […]
One out of four people in the world lived in the dark, without access to electricity or fuel, and 2 million died every year from diseases associated with exposure to indoor pollution owing to reliance on solid fuels, Olav Kjorven, Assistant Administrator and Director of Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said […]
Nearly six months after Sri Lanka?s 26-year civil war came to an end, the Government planned to close all camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of January 2010, with some 1,000 to 3,000 people returning home daily, John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said today at a Headquarters […]
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the launch of the Africa Commission?s report — Realizing the Potential of Africa?s Youth — at Headquarters at 1.15 p.m. today, Ulla Tornaes, Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark, stressed the relevance of that survey?s recommendations for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly as the General […]
Others Address: African Refugees; Human Rights Council Report; UN Support For Elections; Religious Intolerance; Office of the Human Rights Council President After calling a do-over vote for technical reasons, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today approved the wording of a decision that would have the General Assembly welcome the outcome document of the […]
