The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the conference on “The Notion of Progress in the Diversity of World Cultures”, in New York today:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) reports that a total of 1,031 Iraqis were killed and another 1,684 were wounded during the month of May. The Head of the Mission there says for any military gains to be sustainable, the Government must adopt a set of confidence-building measures towards disaffected communities.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 15 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, but denied that privilege to the United States-based Freedom Now — which works to free prisoners of conscience through legal, political and public relations efforts — following a request for vote by the United States.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment, in New York, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May:
The Secretary-General has appointed Eugene Owusu of Ghana as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), who will also serve as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country.
The Security Council this morning welcomed what it called “extraordinary efforts” by States to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to and from conflict zones, while urging stepped-up work on the issue due to growing recruitment by extremist groups, from more than 100 countries.
