Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Security Council open debate on stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors, in New York, today:
Secretary-General-designate, António Guterres appointed Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Deputy Secretary-General and Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil as Chef de Cabinet. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea was also appointed to the newly created position of Special Adviser on Policy.
The 13-year-old United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) had proven a true “success story” in the history of United Nations peacekeeping operations, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) said today, as they considered a final budget request to withdraw Mission personnel and formally end its presence in the country by June 2017.
The United Nations was deeply concerned by reports of fighting in Aleppo today, despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement last night. The High Commissioner for Human Rights said any evacuation of the civilians must be carried out in compliance with international law.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a concert by the New York Philharmonic, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council tribute, in New York, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Energy Grant Award Ceremony, in New York today:
Honouring the eighth United Nations Secretary-General as he prepared to step down on 31 December after a decade at the head of the world body, the Security Council in a special tribute meeting praised Ban Ki-Moon this morning for his dedicated work on behalf of serving “We the people” above any other consideration.
An opening ceremony for an exhibition titled “Millennium Villages Project: A Photographic Essay on Sustainable Development” will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 15 December, in the Visitors’ Lobby. The exhibition is organized by the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Blue Chip Foundation and VII Association.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to a high-level event on Uganda’s transformational approach to refugees and host communities, in New York today:
