Ahead of Thailand Elections, Secretary-General Urges Acceptance of Will of People
SG/SM/13678
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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As Independence of International Civil Service Foundation of Work of United Nations, Staff Union Concerned by Arrests, Detentions of UN Personnel
ORG/1543
The Staff Union and its Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service deplores the recent deliberate intimidatory actions directed at the United Nations staff by the Governments of the Sudan and Cambodia.
International Meeting on Middle East Appeals to Europe to Back Palestine Recognition Bid
GA/PAL/1207
BRUSSELS, 29 June — As it closed in Brussels this afternoon, the United Nations International Meeting in Support of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process issued a call to the European Union and its Member States to support recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
Nothing Short of ‘Clean Energy Revolution’ Needed to Address Critical Modern Challenge, Secretary-General Tells Vienna Forum
SG/SM/13679-EN/256
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Second Vienna Energy Forum on 21 June:
Parties to Conflict Must Treat Education, Health Facilities as Zones of Peace, Secretary-General Stresses at Event on Attacks against Schools, Hospitals
SG/SM/13680
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event on attacks on schools and hospitals in armed conflict, hosted by the German Mission to the United Nations in New York today, 30 June:
Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending That General Assembly Review Implementation of Peacekeeping Proposals by Subsidiary Body
GA/SPD/474
Convinced that the United Nations must continue to improve its peacekeeping capabilities and enhance the effective deployment of its operations, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved, without a vote, a draft resolution by which the General Assembly would review the implementation of previous proposals of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and consider new ones, so that the Organization could fulfil its responsibilities in that field.
Welcoming Security Accord between Governments of Sudan, Southern Sudan, Secretary-General Urges Cessation of Hostilities Agreement
SG/SM/13681-AFR/2203
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Secretary-General Acknowledges that Special Tribunal for Lebanon Has Handed Over Arrest Warrants, Calls for Support of Independent Judicial Process
SG/SM/13683-L/3176
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Concerned about Recent Threats to Long-standing Ceasefire, Security Council Renews Mandate of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
SC/10305
Expressing grave concern about the serious events that had occurred in the area of operations of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on 15 May and 5 June, jeopardizing the long-standing ceasefire between Israel and Syria, the Security Council today renewed the mandate of the Force charged with supervising the ceasefire since 1974 for six months, until 31 December 2011.
Secretary-General Cites Growing Threat of Organized Transnational Crime, Small Arms Proliferation in Message to Caribbean Community Summit
SG/SM/13684
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirty-second meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, today, 30 June: