Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Statistics Day, to be observed on 20 October:
The provisional approval of the draft revised Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings and parts of a model law on secured transactions were among key achievements during the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s (UNCITRAL) forty-eighth session, said its Chair as he presented that Commission’s report to the Sixth Committee (Legal) today.
On 9 October, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) was briefed by the Panel of Experts on international humanitarian law and finance aspects of its mandate. The Committee also held an exchange on the briefing and recommendations by the Panel of Experts.
As it began its discussion of sustainable development, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) emphasized that the need for an effective global response to climate change could not be overstated.
The UN Mission in the Central Africa Republic reports that seven UN police were ambushed and detained by alleged anti-Balaka elements last evening near Boali in Ombella Mpoko. All were freed the same night, but without their equipment and weapons. Separately, peacekeepers under fire killed one assailant.
Prior to opening its annual debate on outer space issues today, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) unanimously approved a draft resolution on the University for Peace, by which the General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to expand the scope for using that institution’s services as part of his conflict-resolution and peacebuilding efforts.
The new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, Danny Danon, presented his credentials to UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today.
In celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, a monumental art installation entitled Enlightened Universe will be unveiled on Saturday, 24 October, at 4:30 p.m. at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. The installation — created by Spanish artist Cristóbal Gabarrón — is presented by The Gabarron Foundation in partnership with the United Nations.
A year after the first ever World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, Member States were called upon today to give them a greater voice, particularly in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Agenda, as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) began its consideration of their rights.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
