As the United Nations marks the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on Wednesday, 27 January, a memorial ceremony will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall at New York Headquarters.
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 Global Challenge Initiative on Gender Parity trustee meeting, in Davos, Switzerland, today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child, who will help provide leadership and inspire actions for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the universal Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, observed on 27 January:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elio Rosselli (Uruguay):
A formal opening ceremony for the exhibition “Holocaust by Bullets” will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, 25 January, in the Visitors’ Lobby (Gallery A) at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
NEW YORK, 20 January (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of Myanmar, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), hosted its first National Round Table on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on 19-20 January.
On 14 January 2016, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan were briefed by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan in connection with the Panel’s final report, which was submitted in pursuance of paragraph 18 (d) of the resolution.
