Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Argentine Council for Foreign Relations, in Buenos Aires today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro today:
NEW YORK, 6 August (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The Joint Investigative Mechanism, mandated by Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) to identify those responsible for the use of chemicals as weapons in Syria, visited Damascus this week. The Leadership Panel met with Syria’s relevant Government and other officials to discuss matters pertaining to the Mechanism’s mandate.
The UN refugee agency reported today that aid convoys have reached conflict-affected populations in the non-government controlled area of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine – the first delivery in five months for thousands of people who had their homes damaged or destroyed during the conflict.
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 at the dinner hosted by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Rio de Janeiro today:
A recent report by the Middle East Quartet that failed to characterize Israeli actions against Palestinians as terrorism was offensive, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today, amid strong calls for the General Assembly to declare 2017 as the International Year to End Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
A report published today by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights states the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) killed large numbers of civilians, raped women and destroyed property during fighting in the country in July, and appears to have specifically targeted people of Nuer origin.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
