Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

85^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to College Station, Texas, in the afternoon of Friday, 29 February.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva in the morning of Monday, 3 March, where he delivered a statement at the opening of the seventh session of the Human Rights Council.  

EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, COHERENT UNITED NATIONS CAN MAKE REAL DIFFERENCE IN LIVES

OF PEOPLE IT SERVES, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VIENNA CONFERENCE

 

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOCUS OF NEW EDITION OF UN CHRONICLE MAGAZINE

Deputy Secretary-General Says Critical to Scale Up

Efforts to Reach Goals around the World, Particularly in Africa

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT TRAGIC DEATHS OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN NEPAL, THREE CREW MEMBERS, IN MONDAY’S HELICOPTER CRASH

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

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW ‘ON-CALL’ MEDIATION TEAM

 

TO ADVISE PEACE ENVOYS IN FIELD

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION FIELD MISSIONS

 

Note to Correspondents

UNIS-UN CONFERENCE ON ‘THE PURSUIT OF ENERGY: A CATALYST FOR CONFLICT’

AT HEADQUARTERS 6-7 MARCH

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, CALLS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL

BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March: