The Secretary-General welcomes the resumption of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on 30 November 2011 and is encouraged by the adoption of the "IBM Agreed Conclusions" on 2 December 2011, which are…
UNMIK raises money for women’s shelter as part of World AIDS Day activities 1 December marks World AIDS Day. Since 1981, World AIDS Day has provided an opportunity for individuals to come together to fight against the spread…
The situation in Kosovo remains precarious and poses certain dangers, as witnessed in recent clashes, but it also offers opportunities to overcome long-standing tensions that warrant the support of the international community…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The report before you details UNMIK’s activities from 16 July to 15 October 2011. Since my last briefing to you on 30 August, the Council has met twice, on 15 and 28…
Heading into the fourth decade of AIDS, we are finally in a position to end the epidemic. The progress we have made so far is proof that we can realize our vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS…
Journalist: Mr. Zarif, you have visited the north, what is your impression? Will local Serbs accept integrated border management? It’s mentioned also in the Six Point Plan of Ban Ki-Moon, the integrated border management…
With countries looking to the UN to help tackle issues ranging from Middle East peace to climate change and health, 113 Heads of State and Government and nearly 70 foreign ministers traveled to New York to take part in the…
Days from now, the human family will welcome its seven billionth member. Some say our planet is too crowded. I say we are seven billion strong. The world has made remarkable progress since the United Nations was born 66 years…
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will organize a special event entitled “Transparency in the Global Arms Trade” at United Nations Headquarters on 18 October, accompanying the launch of a new, ground…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the 11th of October 2011 announced the appointment of Farid Zarif of Afghanistan as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in…
W hen Dag Hammarskjöld was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations on 7 April 1953, there was a full-scale war on the Korean peninsula, the Organization was deeply divided between East and West, and the Soviet…
Mr. President, your Excellencies, distinguished guests, The report before you details UNMIK’s activities from 16 April to 15 July 2011. As this Council is aware, in the days following the end of the reporting period…