Concluding its sixty-ninth session, the General Assembly this afternoon adopted one resolution and heard closing remarks that highlighted the unique vision of the 2030 agenda and the year’s other major accomplishments.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the fifty-ninth regular session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, in Vienna, today:
The Secretary-General, speaking at the award ceremony for the United Nations Energy Grant, said that energy underpins common efforts to achieve development objectives — from reducing extreme poverty to enhancing food security, powering essential health services and providing electricity for education.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace, 21 September:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the opening of the twenty-first session of the World Tourism Organization General Assembly, held in Medellin, Colombia, 12 to 17 September:
To a burst of applause, the General Assembly this morning adopted, without a vote, a text that sets the stage for negotiations on the long-pending issue of Security Council reform during the world body’s seventieth session, with some hailing it as a “landmark” decision, and others calling it technical rather than substantive progress on an issue that most agreed must urgently be resolved.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Youth Summit, in New York, today:
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the informal briefing to the General Assembly on the report of the Secretary-General on the Future of Peace Operations, in New York, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):
A training course for national points of contact of States in the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) took place in Qingdao, China, from 7 to 11 September. The course, hosted by the Government of China on behalf of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee, was the first of its kind. The 1540 Committee hopes that the course, which is an excellent example of the regional approach it favours, will be replicated in other regions of the world.
