United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands as his Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as his Special Envoy for Yemen. In this role, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed will work closely with the members of the United Nations Security Council, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Governments in the region and other partners, as well as the United Nations Country Team for Yemen.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
Standard measurements of well-being did not capture the distinct economic, social, and cultural aspects of indigenous peoples’ lives, speakers in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said today, as they explored the type of information needed to accurately quantify their unique development experiences and how to collect it.
This morning, UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos, the World Food Programme’s Ertharin Cousin as well as the High Commissioner for Refugees and his Special Envoy Actress Angelina Jolie [Pitt] briefed the Security Council on the Syria humanitarian crisis. Ms. Amos stressed that there is no humanitarian solution to the crisis, adding that the only solution is through political dialogue.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the twenty-ninth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, to be commemorated on 26 April:
The “Nuclear-Free World: Cries from Hiroshima and Nagasaki" exhibition will be launched with a special ceremony on Monday, 27 April, at 6 p.m. in the Visitors’ Lobby.
Expressing alarm that the Syrian crisis had become the largest humanitarian emergency in the world, threatening regional stability, the Security Council this morning called for stepped-up, coordinated international support to neighbouring countries hosting refugees from the conflict.
