Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to the International Forum on Energy Transitions, in Suzhou City today:
The era of accountability and rule of law upon which to build the future of Libya may be within reach of its people, Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, told the Security Council this morning as it addressed the situation in that country.
The Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information will host a three-day Model United Nations workshop on 6, 7 and 9 November 2015 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Students who have participated in a Model United Nations conference at the high school or university level, as well as students and advisers who have had a leadership role in organizing a conference, will take part. More than 130 students from 30 countries will attend.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address “What is Next for UN Peace Operations?”, as prepared for delivery, at a workshop hosted by the United States Institute for Peace with the Better World Foundation and Stimson Center, in Washington, D.C., today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the 100th Anniversary of the Junior Chamber International World Congress, in Kanazawa, Japan, from 3-8 November:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
Libya’s leaders had a unique opportunity to reach a political settlement that would spare their people further bloodshed, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country told the Security Council today, emphasizing that the recently negotiated Political Agreement sought to create a viable middle ground upon which all stakeholders could meet.
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) met this morning to introduce 17 draft resolutions, including one on “World Tsunami Day”, which aimed to raise public awareness, promptly disseminate information through early warning systems and implement the concept of “build back better”.
The General Assembly would welcome the erection of the Ark of Return — the permanent memorial to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade — in a prominent place at United Nations Headquarters that would be easily accessible to delegates, staff and visitors, according to a draft resolution it adopted today.
During an eventful day in which delegations and visiting legal advisors heard an address from the President of the General Assembly, the Sixth Committee (Legal) concluded the first cluster of topics from the annual report of the International Law Commission and then commenced consideration of the second cluster.
