SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HEARS CALLS FOR URGENT, CONCERTED ACTION

ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AS IT BEGINS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

 

United Nations Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa to hold

 

SOCIETY MUST HELP FAMILIES IN ENSURING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ENJOY FULL RIGHTS,

 

DIGNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Families, observed on 15 May:

Secretary-General hopes for high voter turnout, peaceful reaction

 

to results in Timor-Leste’s second round of elections

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the second round of presidential elections in Timor-Leste, taking place 9 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS FORMATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND POWER-SHARING GOVERNMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Biographical Note

Secretary-General, African Union commission chair appoint Rodolphe Adada of congo

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA, ERITREA

 

The following Security Council press statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea was delivered on 8 may by Council President Zalmay Khalilzad ( United States):

Background Release

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO CONVENE

MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, IN PRETORIA 9-10 MAY

Event to Be Followed by Day-long Public Forum on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

United Nations report says Energy indicators can help achieve

sustainable development goals

 

‘SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE’ THAT 2.6 BILLION LACK ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL YEAR

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Preparatory Meeting on the International Year of Sanitation, held in New York on 7 May: