The Secretary-General appointed a 13-member High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, with José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste as Chair.  The panel will assess peacekeeping and political missions and identify emerging needs of the future.

General agreement on the timeliness of the Secretary-General’s proposed high-level review of peacekeeping operations emerged in the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today, as speakers, concluding their annual comprehensive review of the subject, stressed a need to preserve traditional guiding principles while retooling missions to address new challenges.

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at iHub/Ushahidi, in Nairobi today:

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

 

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon, all.

**Security Council

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD REPORT

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon, all.

**Security Council

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon, all.

**Statement on Sudan