Organization matters

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level thematic debate of the General Assembly marking the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations under the theme:  “maintenance of international peace and security”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the fourth anniversary commemoration of the United Nations House terrorist attack, in Abuja today:

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) of the United Nations held its thirty-first session from 8 to 10 July.

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

The Secretary-General has appointed a Panel of external experts to conduct an interim independent assessment of the system of administration of justice at the United Nations.  The establishment of the Panel responds to a request by the General Assembly in its resolution 69/203 of 18 December 2014.

On 29 December 2014, the General Assembly, in its resolution 69/246, requested the Secretary-General to appoint an independent panel of experts to examine and assess the probative value of new information related to the tragic death, in September 1961, of Dag Hammarskjöld and the members of the party accompanying him.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its twenty-ninth session from 18 to 20 February 2015.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing ceremony for compacts with senior managers, today in New York:

The following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the joint meeting of the Executive Boards of the UN Development Fund (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the World Food Programme (WFP) in New York today: