Following is the text of UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Human Rights Council meeting on climate change, in Geneva today:
Despite progress on the ground following the February ceasefire, the situation in Ukraine remained fragile and far from irreversible, the Security Council heard today from three senior United Nations officials, as members called for full implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michal Broza, Officer-in-Charge, United Nations Information Centre in Prague, for the opening ceremony of the Final Conference of the twentieth Prague Student Summit, in Prague today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Yannick Glemarec of France as Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) at the Assistant Secretary-General level. He will succeed John Hendra of Canada to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly High-level Debate: Advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Agenda, in New York today:
The Security Council, recognizing in the current circumstances the need for a short extension of the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), did so for a further two weeks, until 31 March.
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution encouraging relevant stakeholders to strengthen their efforts to promote peace, human rights, democracy, respect for religious and cultural diversity, and justice through education.
The World Health Organization announced today the launch of a Phase III trial in Guinea to test the VSV-EBOV vaccine and check its effectiveness to prevent Ebola.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the thirty-ninth annual United Nations International School (UNIS) International Student Conference: “Sustainability: Balancing People, Planet and Profit”, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as delivered, to the General Assembly today during an informal meeting to commemorate World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:
