United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Laura Londén of Finland as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Management) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), succeeding Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization.
Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address at the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Istanbul, Turkey, today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Saturday, 10 October, from Lima, Peru, to Cochabamba, Bolivia, to participate in the Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Thursday, 8 October, from New York to Lima to participate in the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund’s Annual Meetings.
On 14 October 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Study of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Conference on the Implications of Climate Change for Defence, in Paris today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council at its open debate on women, peace and security, in New York today:
On Monday, 19 October, the Remember Slavery Programme, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, will host the world premiere screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for ITU Telecom World 2015, in Budapest today:
