At a memorial for fallen United Nations staff, the Secretary-General paid tribute to the 102 staff members who had died in the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti five years ago this month, and to the 100 United Nations personnel who died between October 2013 and November 2014 in the course of their duties, including in Afghanistan, Somalia and Sierra Leone.
West Africa’s political landscape remained delicate as nations across the region continued to grapple with insecurity, terrorist threats and tensions ahead of a busy election cycle, the United Nations senior official there told the Security Council this afternoon.
The Security Council this afternoon called for immediate military action by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in cooperation with United Nations peacekeepers, to “neutralize” a Rwandan armed group that continued to threaten civilians in the eastern part of the country after a 2 January deadline to disband.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has decided to appoint Joakim Reiter of Sweden as Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the memorial for fallen staff, in New York on 8 January:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):
The Secretary-General, outraged by the attack today against the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, called the horrendous, unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime a direct assault on democracy, the media and freedom of expression. He urged the international community to stand in solidarity for freedom of expression and tolerance.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Atul Khare of India as Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support.
