Easy Availability of Firepower Expands Impact, Meeting Told, as Mauritius Delivers Statement for General Assembly President The international community must redouble efforts to root out the culture of fear, suffering and chaos ? as well as prevent an estimated 500,000 deaths a year ? that still resulted from the illicit trade in small arms […]
Prospects ?Seem to Grow Dimmer? as Anniversary Of Palestinian Membership Bid Approaches, New Political Affairs Chief Says Despite the stagnation in the Middle East peace process, the two-State solution remained the ?best available and most realistic option? and all Member States had a responsibility to consider their actions and language in light of that […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, to be observed on 29 August: Nuclear tests remain a threat to human health and global stability. The International Day against Nuclear Tests is an important opportunity to call attention to their harmful and long-lasting effects, as well as the […]
(Delayed in transmission.) Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the opening of the Red Cross Reunion in Washington, D.C., on 26 August: I have given many speeches in my life, but I have never felt the emotions I am experiencing today. Seeing all of you, I am transported back […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as prepared for delivery by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, to the Second Review Conference on the United Nations Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, in New York, 27 August: Allow me first to congratulate Ambassador Joy Ogwu on her election […]
Authorized transfers of small arms and light weapons, their parts and accessories now totalled at least $8.5 billion, or more than double the previous estimate in 2006, with ammunition accounting for half that amount, correspondents heard at a Headquarters press conference today. Introducing the 2012 edition of the Small Arms Survey, entitled Moving Targets, Eric Berman, […]
The end of the United Nations observer mission in Syria would not significantly impact humanitarian activities there, but more generous funding support was needed, the Organization?s top humanitarian affairs official said at a Headquarters new conference today. ?The direct impact on our work will be negligible,? said Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and […]
Members Briefed on Successful Elections, As Concerns over Returnees, Violence against Ethnic Minorities Persist Assurances that the new Government of Serbia would fully implement previous agreements with Kosovo leaders was a welcome sign that the international community should exploit in order to help settle unresolved issues, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative told the Security Council […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, around midday on Wednesday, 15 August, after a flight from Jakarta, where they had spent the night after leaving the Republic of Korea on Tuesday afternoon. The Secretary-General first held talks with the President, Taur Matan Ruak, and […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in the Republic of Korea on the evening of Saturday, 11 August, after a flight from New York which left on Friday afternoon. On Sunday morning, the Secretary-General travelled from Seoul to the southern city of Yeosu, venue for the 2012 Expo. He first addressed […]
