Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, to the fifth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, in Islamabad today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting of the United Nations Global Compact Caring for Climate Business Forum, in Paris today:
Central Africa’s security and humanitarian crisis triggered by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) should not be underestimated, senior United Nations and African Union officials in the region told the Security Council today, urging all forces involved in combating the armed group to sustain their momentum and coordinate more closely in order to eliminate its influence.
Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, in Paris today:
Noting the progress made towards implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS), the Security Council today encouraged further progress, including through support for the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) in its efforts to address the security and political challenges to the region’s stability and development.
NEW YORK, 8 December (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its thirty-ninth session at United Nations Headquarters from 19 October to 4 December 2015.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the thematic day on energy in Paris today:
The Secretary-General, opening the high-level session of the twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) just outside of Paris, told ministers and negotiators representing 196 parties that their task was to translate this historic call for action into a durable, credible and fair climate agreement.
The General Assembly today, closely following the recommendation of its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), where delegates increased their participation in debates by 40 per cent from last year, adopted 57 draft resolutions and decisions — 23 on nuclear weapons — requiring 29 recorded votes in all, including on separate provisions.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Anti-Corruption Day, observed on 9 December:
