Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the inauguration of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as President of Burkina Faso, in Ouagadougou today:
Climate change, environmental issues, the migrant and refugee crisis, and the general threat of terrorism were among the concerns voiced by delegates at the General Assembly, speaking as world leaders gathered in New York for the seventieth session of the six-day general debate, which was preceded by a three-day summit on the Sustainable Development Goals as well as a high-level thematic debate on the maintenance of international peace and security.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi of South Africa as Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Taizé Community European Meeting of Young Adults, in Valencia, Spain, from 28 December 2015 to 1 January 2016:
Upon the recommendation of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly tonight approved a budget of $5.4 billion for the 2016-2017 biennium as it concluded the main part of its seventieth session.
The Secretary-General thanked the General Assembly late last night for adopting by consensus the 2016-2017 programme budget for the United Nations, which he said reflects the difficult global financial reality of shrinking funds while demands on the Organization continue to grow.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from New York to Paris on Thursday evening, 3 December, to resume participation in the twenty-first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP).
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly following the adoption of the programme budget for the 2016-2017 biennium, in New York today:
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventieth session tonight, recommending the General Assembly adopt a $5.4 billion budget for the United Nations for the 2016-2017 biennium.
