Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-level Delegation of Mayors and Regional Authorities, in New York, 23 April: It is a pleasure to welcome you here today, along with my colleague Dr. Joan Clos, the Executive Director of UN-Habitat. In less than two months, the world will be the guests of […]
Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Malaria Day, observed 25 April: Last year on World Malaria Day, we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies every minute from malaria, but […]
Representatives from Governments and civil society will start a new round of negotiations that will shape the outcome of “Rio+20”, a major global conference that will have a significant impact on how the world will address key challenges affecting economic growth, social well-being and environmental protection in the years ahead. The two-week session for […]
Resolution 2043 (2012) Adopted Unanimously; Observers to Be Deployed Expeditiously, Subject to Assessment of Relevant Developments on the Ground Noting that the cessation of armed violence in Syria was ?clearly incomplete?, and concerned about its recent escalation, the Security Council today beefed up the United Nations monitoring team of unarmed observers to that country […]
Also Demands Release of Interim President, Other Officials; Says Prepared to Consider Sanctions against Perpetrators if Situation Unresolved Reiterating its strong condemnation of the 12 April military coup in Guinea-Bissau and rejecting the unconstitutional creation of a Transitional National Council by the military leadership and its supporters, the Security Council today demanded the immediate […]
When It Comes to Arms Control, Says High Representative For Disarmament Affairs, Race to Finish Line ‘Marathon Not Sprint’ While the Disarmament Commission had achieved the minimum necessary to consider its 2012 session a “relative success”, Chairman Enrique Román-Morey challenged delegates to also ask why — despite huge personal efforts and displays of flexibility — […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly welcomes the unanimous decision of the Security Council to authorize a United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) for an initial period of 90 days. Deployments will proceed expeditiously, subject to his assessment of developments on the […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General takes note of the announcement by the Government of South Sudan that it is withdrawing from Heglig and urges the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to resume negotiations immediately under the auspices of the African Union High-level Panel […]
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Might Have Been Prevented with Quicker Resources for Security Sector Reform; Foreign Minister Says ?Wave of Persecution and Fear? Gripped Nation After Incident It was clearly a political-military coup and an act of military insubordination to the democratically elected civilian authorities, the Secretary-General?s top envoy in Guinea-Bissau said today of the 12 April events in […]
