The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) unanimously approved a draft resolution today, by which the General Assembly would urge all mine-affected States to identify all areas containing mines and other explosive remnants of war, and engage in clearance when possible.
The crisis sparked by fresh violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza could not be stopped by security measures alone, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council today, urging Palestinians and Israelis to respect decades-old status quo arrangements around holy sites, and for political leaders on all sides to calm their language in a joint effort to deescalate the situation.
The United Nations refugee agency said today that up to seven people, four of them children, were killed in a collision between a smuggling boat and a Greek coast guard vessel off Lesbos. Separately, refugee agency staff had to be evacuated from a registration site after violence flared up as frustration boiled over.
NEW YORK, 16 October (Office of Information and Communication Technology) — The United Nations today announced that Cristian Felix has won the #VisualizeChange data challenge, which aims to engage the public in sharing ideas to reduce human loss and suffering from crisis by looking at data in new ways. The competition is part of the activities linked to the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit and is hosted on the Unite Ideas platform.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, to the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions, in Salt Lake City, United States, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Finance for Food event, in Milan today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening ceremony for World Food Day, in Milan today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change, to the Meeting of Oil and Gas Chief Executive Officers and Stakeholders, in Paris today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the third World Forum on Local Development, in Turin, Italy, today:
