Press Release

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was read out today by Council President Emanuel Issoze-Ngondet (Gabon):

Reports submitted by the Governments of Argentina, Mexico, New Zealand and Uzbekistan on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights will be reviewed by the Human Rights Committee at its ninety-eighth session, which will be held in New York at United Nations Headquarters from 8 to 26 March 2010.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirty-fourth United Nations International School-United Nations (UNIS-UN) Conference, “Bioethics: Striking a Balance”, in New York today, 4 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the “MASSIVEGOOD” initiative on innovative finance for health, in New York, 4 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected the members for the new High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing that will work to mobilize the financing promised for climate change during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December. The Secretary-General announced the launch of the Group on 12 February.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its ninth session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 17 to 19 February 2010.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly on the Launch of Preparations for the 2010 MDG Summit in New York, 4 March:

Li Baodong, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi, the new Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Peter Thomson, the new Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.