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.
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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:
Working for the United Nations proved especially deadly in 2014 as its personnel continued to be subject to deliberate attacks and exposed to hazardous environments.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of UN@70 with Nobel Laureate Kilash Satyarthi and United Nations goodwill ambassadors, as delivered, in New Delhi today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the memorial for fallen staff, in New York on 8 January:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to an informal meeting of the General Assembly on the year ahead, in New York today:
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its twenty-eighth session from 10 to 12 December.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the UN 21 Award Ceremony in New York, 24 October: