The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address, as prepared for delivery, at McGill University’s event on “Threats and opportunities: the power of young people to shape a new future”, in Montreal today:
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan welcomes yesterday’s announcement by President Salva Kiir of the appointment of Riek Machar as First Vice-President. However, the Mission is concerned by reports of clashes and ongoing tensions between the parties in Upper Nile, and by violence between communities in Jonglei.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Commission for Social Development concluded its fifty-fourth session today, approving three draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council with one on Africa’s development, traditionally endorsed by consensus, requiring a rare vote to address the United States’ concerns over language around trade issues, and more generally, “the right to development”.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, departed Oman for the United Kingdom on Tuesday afternoon, 2 February.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued today:
Speakers called today for greater transparency in the procedures and practices of committees established to monitor United Nations sanctions and improve communication with affected countries, as the Security Council held a general debate on the working methods of its subsidiary bodies.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today expressed his “utmost alarm” at the rapidly worsening ““grotesque” situation in and around Aleppo and other parts of Syria, where he said that shocking violations and abuses are being committed on a daily basis. He condemned those acts unequivocally.
