The Special Committee on Decolonization today decided to hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Managua, Nicaragua, from 31 May to 2 June, and approved the theme, agenda and other organizational issues related to the modalities of the biennial meeting.
UNHCR is calling today for the negotiators of the Colombia peace talks to give special attention to the rights of victims, especially internally displaced people and refugees. Colombia's five-decade armed conflict has produced the world's second biggest displacement situation — Syria being currently the biggest.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the third Ministerial Anti-Drug Conference, in Moscow today:
The new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, Marc-André Blanchard, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, Mirgul Moldoisaeva, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations, Keisha A. McGuire, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations, Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
The new Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, Dian Triansyah Djani, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
A strong demographic evidence base was critical to leaving no one behind in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today, opening the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, in New York today:
