United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a previously unannounced visit to Iraq on Monday, 30 March. He arrived from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, early in the day, and was greeted at Baghdad International Airport by Muhammad Jawad Al-Doraky, Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations of Iraq.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a Call to Action inviting businesses to make concrete commitments to employ persons with autism.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, to a panel discussion on Autism Awareness Day co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Qatar, the Republic of Korea and the United States, as well as the organization Autism Speaks, in New York today:
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 opening of the “More than Mines” exhibit, in New York today:
On 1 April 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan held its first meeting.
VIENNA, 1 April — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People this afternoon commenced its third plenary on strengthening cooperation by all parties to provide relief, promote reconstruction and reignite economic development, and concluded the session with statements by the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine to the United Nations and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
VIENNA, 1 April — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People this morning continued its second plenary session on prioritizing reconstruction tasks in Gaza, focusing on ways to resolve Gaza’s critical water crisis and develop its infrastructure.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message for World Health Day, observed on 7 April:
VIENNA, 31 March — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People this afternoon concluded its first plenary session on the immediate and longer-term humanitarian needs in Gaza, and held a second such session focusing on resolving Gaza’s severe energy deficit.
