United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Glasser of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Annual Democracy Forum 2015 on the theme “Accountability as a Central Element of Deepening Democracy”, in Berne, Switzerland today:
On 25 November 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and UN-Women’s launch of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the Secretary-General said that ending violence against women and girls is a top priority of the United Nation’s mission of peace, development and human rights.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mooon’s message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, today in New York:
Citing accelerating terrorist attacks, spikes in displacement and increasingly grave humanitarian challenges, the top United Nations official for the Sahel told the Security Council today that the international community must address the root causes of such threats to prevent further deterioration in the region.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered how it might revamp the operations of a crucial oversight body — the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) — which helps the 193 delegates manage the United Nations vast human resources and its finances.
Culminating a session that saw intense debate on a range of issues, from the rights of the child to States’ responsibilities to protect refugees, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) concluded its work today, approving a draft resolution on human rights defenders, which will be included in a package of 62 texts expected to be taken up by the General Assembly in December.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Central African States on the Central African Republic, as delivered by Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), in Libreville today:
