A United Nations report released today says more than 18,800 civilians have been killed in the ongoing Iraq conflict and another 36,000 wounded between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015. Another 3.2 million people have been internally displaced since January 2014, including more than a million school-age children.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a group of eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to help promote action to achieve the SDGs adopted by world leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015.
The Disarmament Commission elected the Chair for its 2016 substantive session today, and reviewed the provisional agenda for the second year of its three-year cycle, to be held from 4 to 21 April.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the Security Council debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict, in New York today:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is increasingly concerned about food security in Southern Africa, where an estimated 14 million people facing hunger following prolonged dry spells that led to a poor 2015 harvest. WFP says Malawi, Madagascar and Zimbabwe are the worst affected.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s to the World Future Energy Summit, in Abu Dhabi on 18 January:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at Abu Dhabi Action Day, in Abu Dhabi today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the The Financial Times/International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) debate, in Abu Dhabi today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the High-Level Panel Report on Humanitarian Financing, in Dubai today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the twenty-fourth anniversary of El Salvador’s peace accords, on 16 January:
