Authorities in the Gambia must respect the results of the recent presidential election, the Security Council said today, while also commending the initiatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in support of that goal.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Washington, D.C., from New York on Thursday, 15 December.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived early on Wednesday in Vienna from New York for his last overseas trip before he would leave office at the end of December.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further decline of local livelihoods in the coming months, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts that hit the region this year.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council ministerial open debate on trafficking in persons in conflict situations, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks upon accepting the Order of Civil Merit from Spain, in New York today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):
The Security Council condemned in the strongest terms today all instances of human trafficking in areas affected by armed conflict as it heard from more than 70 speakers during a day-long open debate on the subject.
