Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and children in armed conflict had been the centrepieces of the Security Council’s work over the past four weeks, said the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, President of the body for June, in a monthly wrap-up meeting this afternoon.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General says, three years after the Geneva communiqué on Syria was agreed, the suffering of the Syrian people continues to plumb new depths; more than 220,000 are dead, parts of the country are controlled by a patchwork of Syrian and non-State actors, and its cultural heritage is under assault.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, as the new Coordinator for Multilingualism, in implementation of General Assembly resolution 69/250.
NEW YORK, 30 June (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Centre (RACVIAC), in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a seminar on Voluntary National Implementation Action Plans for United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Michael Møller of Denmark as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Global, concerted action was immediately needed to halt greenhouse gas emissions, put a price tag on carbon and catalyse green growth, the General Assembly heard today, concluding its High-level Event on Climate Change.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening of the art exhibition “We the Peoples: Norman Rockwell’s United Nations”, in New York today:
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court this afternoon urged Member States and the Security Council to play their crucial roles in securing Sudan’s compliance in bringing to justice those charged with grave crimes, following the Council’s referral of the situation in Darfur.
