Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, to the Women for Peace march, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Algeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Algiers today:
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that in February alone at least 168 civilians were killed and 193 injured in Yemen, around two thirds of them by Coalition airstrikes. In all, the Human Rights Office has documented 3,081 civilians killed and 5,733 injured since 26 March 2015.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the event on “Peace and Security in the Sahel: Tackling the Root Causes of Instability”, in Nouakchott on 4 March 2016:
The United Nations must uphold the very international labour practices it supported by ensuring that those working within the system were fairly treated and compensated during and after their service, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard today during its consideration of a range of human resources issues.
The United Nations, African Union, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie welcome the final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the Central African Republic announced by the Transitional Constitutional Court on 1 March 2016, which were conducted peacefully with the active participation of the Central African people.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Hélène Papper of France as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Bogota, which serves Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Ms. Papper assumes her duties today.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the commemoration of World Wildlife Day, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, at the fortieth annual United Nations International School (UNIS) International Student Conference in New York today:
The following statement was issued by the United Nations and the African Union today in New York and Addis Ababa:
