The following statement was issued on 12 August by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives, the many injuries and the destruction in the Islamic Republic of Iran as a result of earthquakes that struck areas near the city of Tabriz on 11 August. He […]
On 13 August 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s closing statement as prepared for delivery to the First World Congress of Global Partnership for Young Women and Second Global Partnership Forum, in Seoul today, 13 August: I am very happy to be here. What a wonderful conference. Looking at all of you, I see the world represented. Many […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud ( France): On Wednesday, 8 August 2012, the members of the Security Council were briefed on the situation in Mali by the United Nations Secretary-General, by the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West African […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch the Oceans Compact ? an initiative to strengthen United Nations system-wide coherence in delivering on its oceans-related mandates ? on Sunday, 12 August, in Yeosu, Republic of Korea. Mr. Ban will launch the initiative at the Yeosu International Conference to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud ( France): The Members of the Security Council welcome recent progress in completing the tasks outlined in the Road Map to end the Transition in Somalia. They particularly welcome the National Constituent Assembly?s adoption of the new Somali provisional constitution. […]
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today?s noon briefing by Eduardo del Buey, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the noon briefing. **Secretary-General?s Travel The Secretary-General will be leaving New York this afternoon for a visit to the Republic of Korea and Timor-Leste. As we announced earlier this […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the commemoration of the International Day of the World?s Indigenous Peoples in New York today, 9 August: I am delighted to be with you again. A little over a month ago, I was in Brazil for the Rio+20 [United Nations] Conference on Sustainable Development. I met with […]
Special Adviser Jeffrey Sachs to Head Sustainable Development Solutions Network United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch a new independent global network of research centres, universities and technical institutions to help find solutions to some of the world?s most pressing environmental, social and economic problems. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network will work with stakeholders including […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message, delivered by Consuelo Vidal, Resident Coordinator in Iran, to the Consultative Meeting on Syria, in Tehran today, 9 August: I thank the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for hosting this consultative meeting on Syria at this critical stage. The crisis in Syria started with peaceful demonstrations calling […]
