While illicit drug consumption had stabilized among developed and middle-income countries, it had risen among developing countries ? especially in West Asia and West Africa ? where trafficking routes were generating local demand, and an integrated, balanced response was the only way to address such threats, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations […]
Following are the remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon to the Rio+20 Conference ceremonial opening session, in Rio de Janeiro, 20 June: This is a historic day. A major step towards the future we want. President [Dilma] Rousseff, let us once again thank you for your leadership, and your election as President of this Conference. […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the resumption of the National Dialogue between political leaders in Lebanon, and the Declaration issued following the Dialogue meeting on 11 June. The Secretary-General commends President Sleiman?s initiative in re-launching the National Dialogue. He encourages political leaders in Lebanon […]
Hears Petitioners from Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, Guam The 24-member Committee that monitors implementation of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories approved by consensus today an omnibus draft resolution on the questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guam, […]
Generals from Missions in Africa, Haiti, Middle East Address Range Of Issues, Including Civilian Protection, Training Standards, Clarity of Mandates The Security Council held a discussion today with the military commanders of key United Nations peacekeeping operations in Africa, the Middle East and Haiti, who highlighted important strategies for ensuring unity of command and […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Li Baodong ( China): The members of the Security Council received a briefing from Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, the Secretary-General?s High-Level Coordinator, on the thirty-third report of the Secretary-General, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Security Council resolution 1284 (1999). The members of the […]
The Special Committee on Decolonization today approved three draft resolutions dealing with various aspects of its work, as it continued its session at Headquarters. The 24-member Committee monitors implementation of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in the 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories under its purview. Today?s drafts, which […]
Assistant Secretary General Describes ?Intensive Efforts? to Avoid Deadlock; On Syria: Achieving Full, Sustained Cessation of Violence at Centre of Efforts Sporadic clashes, military operations and announcements of settlement construction in the West Bank were challenging the positive environment created by recent fragile forward steps in the Israeli-Palestinian talks, the Security Council was told today, […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 19 (UNFF Secretariat) ? The United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, in partnership with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, has launched a new global multimedia initiative that will highlight the relationship between people and forests at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. The new initiative, ?Forests for People: UN International […]
NEW YORK, 19 June (Office for Disarmament Affairs) ? On 21-22 June 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) will convene a Round Table on Combating Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons through Strengthened Border Controls. The […]
