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 […]
In the final analysis, said General Assembly President Ali Abdussalam Treki of yesterday?s 114 votes in favour of the resolution on follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict — there was great support for the text. (See Press Release GA/10883) At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, […]
This month’s President of the Security Council, Thomas Mayr-Harting from Austria, today briefed correspondents on November’s programme of work, which will include a debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict chaired by Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Mayr-Harting said speakers during that debate ‑‑ to take place on 11 November ‑‑ would include the […]
