Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address at the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Istanbul, Turkey, today:
Halfway into the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, the United Nations must rise to its responsibilities and put an end to colonial occupations once and for all, delegates stressed today as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its general debate on the issue.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Saturday, 10 October, from Lima, Peru, to Cochabamba, Bolivia, to participate in the Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Study of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), in New York today:
Fifteen years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon continued Tuesday’s high-level debate on strengthening implementation of that and subsequent resolutions, urging “action instead of talk”.
On 14 October 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Delegates at today’s session of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) praised the Organization’s top auditing watchdog’s crucial work in keeping tabs on the finances of nearly two dozen United Nations entities responsible for spending billions of dollars each year.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Thursday, 8 October, from New York to Lima to participate in the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund’s Annual Meetings.
This morning, the Security Council decided unanimously to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for another year, at the force levels recommended by the Secretary-General.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Laura Londén of Finland as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Management) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), succeeding Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization.
