Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a calligraphy event, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Second Seoul International Climate-Energy Conference: “On the Road to Paris and Green Big Bang”, in Seoul, today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at an event marking World Toilet Day, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Confrontation and politically motivated country-specific resolutions undermined the dialogue and cooperation between States and hampered the improvement of human rights, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today as it took action on a package of draft resolutions ranging from situation reports of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran and Syria to the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
Leaders in Serbia and Kosovo must continue to show “far-sighted” commitment to overcome fresh political turbulence that threatened to set back recent hard-won agreements aimed at normalizing relations, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council today.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the establishment of a high-level panel on health technology innovation and access.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved a resolution today on “Consumer protection”, deciding to establish an intergovernmental group of experts on consumer protection law and policy within the framework of an existing commission of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved a draft resolution stressing the need for the United Nations internal oversight body to place increased emphasis on investigations into frauds. The Committee also started its examination of the newly launched Umoja business transformation system.
