Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June:
A joint United Nations-International Committee of the Red Cross-Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy delivered much-needed humanitarian assistance to the hard-to-reach area of Houle in Homs, Syria, where 71,000 people received food, nutrition, hygiene kits and educational materials.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Global Donors Forum, in Istanbul today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the eleventh Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, in Jeju, Republic of Korea, today:
Justice and the rule of law remained critical key elements for the return to stability in Libya, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, told the Security Council this morning as it addressed the situation in that country.
While deferring action on 66 organizations, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 18 organizations for special consultative status and 1 for general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as it continued its session.
Following an invitation by the President of Egypt to mediate between Palestinian factions, and ahead of a Paris meeting to reaffirm commitment to a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process today called upon both sides to “continue the historic step taken towards peace by Israel and Egypt” 37 years ago.
The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has strongly condemned the killing of a Slovakian nun and medical doctor on 15 May while on a humanitarian mission. Similarly, the acting Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic condemned the killing of a Médecins Sans Frontières staff member on 18 April.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
During its recent visiting mission to the Horn of Africa, Council members reaffirmed the Security Council’s support for the ongoing political process in Somalia and met with top officials to address the region’s security and humanitarian challenges, co-leaders of the mission told the 15-member body in their briefing this morning.
