The Secretary-General condemned the recent outbreak of violence in the Central African Republic, which resulted in the deaths of at least four civilians and the injuring of a further nine. He reiterated that the UN Mission will take all measures, in line with its mandate, to protect civilians and foster stability.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the evening of Wednesday, 2 September.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Doha, Qatar, from Moscow, Russian Federation, on the evening of Saturday, 28 March. He was greeted by Madam Ban Soon-taek, who had arrived before him, directly from New York.
In a near‑unanimous vote, the General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the necessity of ending the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba, despite the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries two years ago.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, to the regional oversight mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, in Luanda today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the annual staff memorial service, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, at a reception of the symposium to commemorate the forty-fifth anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations, in Beijing today:
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its discussion of human rights today, with six Special Rapporteurs updating on ways to improve respect for the rights to food, water and adequate living standards, especially following the 2010 outbreak of cholera in Haiti that had claimed 10,000 lives.
Broad cooperation on a range of strategic initiatives, including the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, were needed to address common challenges and build a sound regional security architecture, the First Committee heard today during its thematic debate on regional disarmament.
