Doha Mandate Covers Key Priorities Considered; ?Manar? (Beacon) Supports Organization?s Promotion of Inclusive Development (Received from a UN Information Officer.) DOHA, QATAR, 26 April ? In the face of the continuing ?fragility? of the global economy following recent economic crises, Member States called today for financial flows oriented towards supporting inclusive and sustainable development […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes today’s delivery by the Special Court for Sierra Leone of the trial judgment in the case against Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia. This is a historic and momentous day for the people of Sierra Leone, for the […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by reports of continued violence and killing in Syria, including shelling and explosions in various residential areas, as well as armed clashes. He condemns in the strongest terms the continued repression against the Syrian civilian population […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Today marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. On this occasion, we remember the hundreds of emergency workers who risked their lives in responding to the accident; the more than 330,000 people who […]
A fisherman’s tale about Italian immigrants who decades ago harvested beaches “paved with fish” along the now fish-depleted United States north-east coast underlined a stark warning sounded at a Headquarters press conference today by an expert panel on the sustainable management of oceans and fisheries. By the time Ray Menell, a local fisherman, had […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Susan Rice (United States): The members of the Security Council welcome the holding of the second round of Presidential Elections in Timor-Leste on 16 April 2012, as well as the first round on 17 March 2012. The members of the Security Council congratulate the people of […]
The Secretary-General has selected Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh as Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support. Ms. Haq is since 2009 the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). She has previously held the positions of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General as […]
As Committee on Information Concludes Debate, Speaker Calls Department Reliable Source that Keeps Pace with World?s ?Deafening Cacophony of Messages? Noting the transformation of the past five years of the Department of Public Information into a modern communications outfit, the Department?s top official this afternoon pledged to address Member States? requests to bolster specific […]
The Secretary-General has selected David Muchoki Kanja of Kenya for the newly created position of Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Internal Oversight Services. Mr. Kanja brings 27 years of oversight experience to this position. Since August 2010, he has served as the Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Office of Internal Audit, overseeing all […]
The need to fully institute multilingualism in the Organization?s information services, shore up the network of the United Nations Information Centres and increase the cost-effectiveness of the Department of Public Information were among the priority issues put forth today by delegates, as the Committee on Information continued its general debate this afternoon. Several speakers […]
