With its approval today of a draft resolution on the United Nations pension system, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) asked the General Assembly to stress the need for United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund managers to address all the weaknesses in the system identified by the Board of Auditors.
When the Secretary-General presented his Synthesis Report, entitled “The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet”, to Member States today, he said all are now poised to take a major step towards ushering in a new era of sustainable development for all.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cristina Gallach of Spain as Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mahamat Zene Cherif (Chad):
Stemming heightened tensions between the Sudanese Government and African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was critical to relieve the dire humanitarian situation in the region, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations told the Security Council this morning.
The General Assembly would urge parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to facilitate the transfer of technology for the effective implementation of the Convention in accordance with its provisions, according to one of four draft resolutions approved today by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon condemned the attack on a Lebanese army patrol that took place yesterday in Ras Baalbeck, which killed six soldiers and wounded another. He expressed his condolences to the families of those killed and to the people and Government of Lebanon.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mahamat Zene Cherif (Chad):
Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the third annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum, to be held in New York, 3‑4 December:
