The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General continues to closely follow the situation in Camp Ashraf. Over the past few months, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), under the leadership of his Special Representative, Martin Kobler, and in close cooperation with the Office of […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about reports of clashes in Bahrain between security forces and demonstrators over the past few days. He calls on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and expects the Bahraini authorities to act in accordance with their […]
Launching a school competition intended to create awareness of the links connecting sports, peace and development, representatives of a Spanish non-governmental organization stressed today the importance of transmitting United Nations values to future generations. ?We must help students to realize the other side of the moon, a world without violence, without war, without hunger or […]
In an effort to mobilize the potential of the African diaspora to help revitalize their ancestral homeland and spur the growth and empowerment of people of African descent worldwide, the African Union would organize a first-ever global summit on the topic in May, the President of the Pan-African Parliament said today at Headquarters. Highlighting […]
Following are the closing remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to the Third Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Women, today in Doha: Thank you very much for the opportunity to address this closing session. A very special thank you also to our hosts, the Government of Qatar, and to this country?s […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message on the forty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, delivered by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, in Mexico City on 14 February: I offer best wishes to all who have gathered to commemorate the forty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco. I still recall with pleasure […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Kodjo Menan (Togo): The members of the Security Council expressed their deep and growing alarm with the rising levels of malnutrition and food insecurity in some areas of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States in Sudan, which could reach emergency levels if […]
With a food crisis looming over Africa?s Sahel belt and potentially threatening up to 12 million people, a senior United Nations humanitarian affairs official said today that, even as regional Governments moved swiftly to put resilience-building strategies in place, the wider international community must take ?decisive and generous? action to ward off disaster. ?We are […]
Assembly President: Situation Becomes More Difficult the Longer The Security Council Remains Divided, ?with More Syrians Being Killed Daily? Expressing outrage at the Syrian Government?s violent 11-month crackdown on opposition protesters, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights told the General Assembly today that credible reports of ?serious violations? ? including indiscriminate attacks […]
Texts Cover Topics including Disability in Mainstream of Global Development Concluding its fiftieth session today, the Commission for Social Development recommended seven draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council, covering topics that ranged from the mainstreaming of disability into the international development agenda, to the priority theme for the next session. […]
