Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, observed on 16 November:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, observed on 15 November:
Prior to approving without a vote the request for Observer status in the General Assembly for the Union for the Mediterranean, the Sixth Committee (Legal) today heard oral reports of its three working groups, noting once again that delegations had been unable to conclude a draft comprehensive convention on measures to eliminate international terrorism, a situation the Chair lamented.
The Secretary-General condemned yesterday’s deadly terrorist attack in Beirut. He is saddened at the reported high numbers of casualties. He reiterates the need for all parties to work to preserve Lebanon’s stability and security.
United Nations Police were often viewed by local communities as the face of the Organization’s peacekeeping operations and contributed significantly to unarmed protection activities, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council today as it considered the challenges of policing under a mandate to protect civilians.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):
The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions submitted by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) and appointed members to three of its subsidiary bodies.
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved three resolutions today, one of them reaffirming the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the population of occupied Syrian Golan over their land, water and energy resources.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
