Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for commemorating the seventieth anniversary of India’s Independence Day, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Edmond Mulet, Chef de Cabinet, to the ninth International Young Leaders Assembly, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to the International Conference on Blue Ocean Strategy, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, today
The Secretary-General condemned the reported coalition air strike on a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Hajjah, Yemen. He noted that the parties to the conflict in Yemen have damaged or destroyed over 70 health centres, including three other Médecins Sans Frontières-supported facilities.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Giancarlo Summa of Italy as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City, which serves Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Mr. Summa assumes his duties today
An opening ceremony for an exhibit titled “When I grow up” will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 August in the Visitors’ Lobby.
The United Nations continues to call for a weekly 48-hour humanitarian pause in the fighting in Syria to provide life-saving assistance and remains deeply concerned over the plight of up to 2 million people around Aleppo City, where 250,000 people remain trapped after the closure of the last access route.
