Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

General Assembly Elects Joan Clos of Spain New Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

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General Assembly Elects Joan Clos of Spain New Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

The General Assembly today elected Joan Clos ( Spain) as Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to a four-year term of office, beginning on 18 October 2010 and ending on 17 October 2014.

Secretary-General, in Message, Praises Scientific Union for Playing Essential Role in Strengthening Long-Term Political Commitment to Sustainable Forest Management

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Secretary-General, in Message, Praises Scientific Union for Playing Essential Role in Strengthening Long-Term Political Commitment to Sustainable Forest Management

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twenty-third World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, in Seoul, 23 August:

Secretary-General, in Message, Says Kazakhstan’s Closed Nuclear Weapon Test Site Now Powerful Symbol of Hope, Tells Us ‘World Free of Nuclear Weapons Achievable’

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Secretary-General, in Message, Says Kazakhstan’s Closed Nuclear Weapon Test Site Now Powerful Symbol of Hope, Tells Us ‘World Free of Nuclear Weapons Achievable’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the High-Level Thematic Conference on the International Day against Nuclear Tests, delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, in Astana, 26 August:

Eliminating Piracy Off Somalia’s Coast Requires Not Only Sustained Effort at Sea, But Continued Support for Country’s Peace, Stability Says Secretary-General

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Eliminating Piracy Off Somalia’s Coast Requires Not Only Sustained Effort at Sea, But Continued Support for Country’s Peace, Stability Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks to the Security Council Open Debate on Somalia piracy in New York, 25 August:

UN Commemorates First International Day against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General Says: ‘We Must Each Do Our Part to Build a Safer, More Secure World Today’

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UN Commemorates First International Day against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General Says: ‘We Must Each Do Our Part to Build a Safer, More Secure World Today’

Twenty-nine August 2010 will mark the first observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests. The Day is meant to galvanize the efforts of the United Nations, Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, youth networks and media in informing, educating and advocating the necessity of banning nuclear tests to achieve a safer world.
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