Secretary-General Expresses Concern over Killings of Prominent Persons in Ukraine
SG/SM/16671
The following statement was issued by the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today:
In progress at UNHQ
Secretary-General, at World Bank Ebola Event, Calls for Sustained Assistance to ‘Devastated’ Countries
SG/SM/16670
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Special High-Level Event on Ebola at the World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., today:
At World Water Forum, Deputy Secretary-General Calls for ‘New Global, Practical Vision for Water Management’
DSG/SM/859-ENV/DEV/1504
Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the opening of the Seventh World Water Forum in Daegu, Republic of Korea, 12 April:
Secretary-General, at National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Underscores United States Role in Facing Global Challenges
SG/SM/16669-PI/1211
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., today:
UN Congress Plenary Debate Focuses on Innovative Tools to Fight Cybercrime, Terrorism Recruitment, Wildlife Trafficking, among New, Emerging Threats
SOC/CP/365
DOHA, 17 April — As criminals were racing to technologically outpace law enforcement, the international community must erect legal barriers, including new global treaties, to end impunity, prosecute perpetrators and stop cybercrime and illicit financing in their tracks, delegates heard today during a plenary debate on new and emerging forms of transnational crime, as the thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice continued.
Realizing Central Role of Sustainable Energy for All Initiative Will Require Solid Institutional Arrangement, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Member States
DSG/SM/858-EN/298
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at a briefing to Member States on the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, in New York today:
Indigenous Exhibition Opens at United Nations
Note No. 6442
An exhibition entitled Indigenous Peoples Housing and Sustainable Settlements will open with a cultural event and reception on Tuesday, 21 April, at 6:15 p.m. in the United Nations Visitors’ Lobby, marking the fourteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Contemporary Population Trends Resulting from Conflict-Related Displacements Should Be Embedded in New Agenda, Commission Told as Debate Continued
POP/1040
The impact of conflict and natural disasters and the often resulting flows of refugees and displaced persons must be included when considering contemporary population trends and transitions and their integration into the new development agenda, the Commission on Population and Development heard today.
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General is in Washington, D.C., today where he will soon have a working lunch with United States Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, following a discussion with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on many issues of mutual concern.
General Assembly Hears Calls to Maximize Potential of Peacebuilding Commission
GA/11634
Acclaiming peacebuilding as central to the international community’s collective efforts to build sustained international stability, speakers at the General Assembly today urged the ongoing review of the topic to explore ways of maximizing the potential of the Peacebuilding Commission.