Feb 27, 2016
News, United Nations
Ambassador, deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, hostilities in Syria, Politics, resolution 2268, Russian, Samantha Power, Security Council, Syria, Syrian War, UN, united nations, United States, Venezuela
United Nations, February 26 2016 The United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously adopted resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and a grant for access to humanitarian workers to ease the suffering of the people in Syria. The resolution, which takes effect at midnight, Damascus time, comes after five years of conflict and includes all parties to the conflict excluding Daesh and Jahbat an-Nusra. Addressing delegates in the Council from Geneva, the UN special envoy for Syria Stephan de Mistura said that “Saturday will be critical” and added that “no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine [Read More]
United Nations, February 16 2016 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed his predecessor, Boutros Boutros Ghali, as a respected statesman who brought “formidable experience and intellectual power to the task of piloting the United Nations through one of the most tumultuous and challenging periods in its history.” Boutros-Ghali, UN Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996, died at the age of 93. As Secretary-General, Ban said “he presided over a dramatic rise in UN peacekeeping. He also presided over a time when the world increasingly turned to the United Nations for solutions to its problems, in the immediate aftermath of the cold war.” [Read More]
Feb 10, 2016
Celebrities, News, United Nations
actress, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, Chloe Flower, Crime, Drugs, Goodwill Ambassador, Group of Friends, Human Trafficking, Mira Sorvino, Mogens Lykketoft, PGA, Politics, slavery, stop human trafficking, Stopping, UN, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNDOC, united nations, Yury Fedotov
United Nations, New York, USA, February 09 2016 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a special high-level event entitled, “In stronger partnership and better coordination of efforts to stop human trafficking: Eradicating modern-day slavery through sustainable development”. The event was organized by the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking, in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) today at the UN Headquarters in New York. United Nations, New York, USA, February 09 2016 – Pianist Chloe Flower (Left) performs at the special high-level event entitled, “In stronger partnership and better coordination of efforts to stop human [Read More]
