In Rare Secret Ballot, Receives 99 Votes to 85 for Dalius Cekuolis of Lithuania; New President Hopes Next Session ?Will Go Down in History as an Assembly of Peace? The General Assembly this morning elected Vuk Jeremić, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, as President of its sixty-seventh session, voting by secret ballot […]
Wrapping up its resumed 2012 session this morning, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations adopted its draft 2012 report and took action on outstanding matters. Of the 281 applications it considered during the two-week session held at Headquarters from 21 to 30 May, the Committee recommended that 129 — less than half — be granted […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is outraged and condemns in the strongest possible terms today?s attack on peacekeepers from the United Nations Operation in Côte d?Ivoire (UNOCI) in which seven military personnel from the Niger contingent were killed. There have been reports that Ivorians […]
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro?s remarks to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony, in New York, 8 June: Thank you for joining us at this important Award ceremony. I especially appreciate the New York Symphonic Ensemble, the United Nations Staff Recreation Singers and the Harmony Basket Choral Group for such inspiring performances. […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s welcoming remarks at the round table panel discussion ?The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at 30?, in New York, 8 June: Happy World Oceans Day. I am delighted to join you to mark both World Oceans Day and the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, late in the afternoon of Wednesday, 30 May, after an overnight flight from New York. That evening he was briefed by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkey, Shahid Najam. On Thursday, 31 May 2012, the Secretary-General took part in […]
The Secretary-General has appointed Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB). He will replace Karin Landgren of Sweden, who has recently been appointed the Secretary-General?s Special Representative in Liberia. The Secretary-General is grateful for Ms. Landgren?s dedicated service and important contribution to peace consolidation […]
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Despite the weakening and scattering of the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA), it continued to be one of the gravest violators of children?s rights and must be stopped, a top United Nations official said, as she introduced a United Nations report on the subject to correspondents this afternoon. ?Abduction by the LRA is probably the […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in New York, 6 June: The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is just 14 days away. Rio+20 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make real progress towards the sustainable economy of the future. It […]
