SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HE WILL ‘BREAK THE SILENCE, BEAT THE DRUM’ TO COMMEMORATE

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR VICTIMS OF SLAVERY, TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

Sixty-third General Assembly GA/AB/3898

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council

6099^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1869 (2009), WELCOMES DESIGNATION

OF NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEMBER STATES TO BUTTRESS ARCHITECTURE OF PROTECTION,

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED AND MISSING STAFF MEMBERS

Sixty-third General Assembly

Thematic Dialogue on World

 Financial Crisis (AM & PM)

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-fifth Session

2610^th & 2611^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MINE AWARENESS DAY MESSAGE, SAYS UPCOMING REVIEW OFFERS

OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL ACTION

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at noon on Monday, 9 March, to raise global awareness of the Caribbean nation’s recovery and reconstruction needs.  He was accompanied by former United States President Bill Clinton.

Sixty-third General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FINANCING

FOR UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SUDAN

Also Begins Consideration of Revised Budgets for Four Special Political Missions

promotion of positive perspectives can lead to full, meaningful lives,

 

says Secretary-General in message for world autism awareness day

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Autism Awareness Day, to be observed on 2 April: