The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning made recommendations to the General Assembly regarding appointments to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), the Committee on Contributions, the Investments Committee, the Board of Auditors and the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). As it filled vacancies to those bodies, the Committee recommended the […]
?Loss of Momentum? Reported; Renewed Efforts Needed to Break Deadlock Briefing the Security Council today, the Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, Karin Landgren, urged the parties in Nepal to make the most of the 11 weeks remaining in the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the country, and to break their deadlock. ?During this […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Athens from London late on Tuesday, 4 November, for an official visit to Greece. He began the day on Wednesday with a working breakfast with the so-called Troika of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, comprising of Teodora Tzakri, Deputy Minister of Interior, […]
The following Security Council press statement on the Afghanistan elections was read out today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting ( Austria): The members of the Security Council acknowledged the conclusion of the electoral process in 2009 following the decision of the Independent Electoral Commission of Afghanistan to declare President [Hamid] Karzai elected President. The […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the Beijing Forum 2009: Mr. Zhou Qifeng, President of Peking University, Distinguished guests, scholars and leaders of the Beijing Forum, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Congratulations on holding the Beijing Forum 2009. I thank Peking University, the Korea Foundation and my good friend, […]
Calling for more attention to be paid to water management, two experts warned this afternoon that the main effects of climate change would revolve around water use. Speaking at a Headquarters press conference, Colin Chartres, Director‑General of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research at the International Water Management Institute, said some countries might get […]
