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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…
On 9 March, Elizabeth Gowing met a little girl named Gjelane in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. At nine years old, Gjelane had never been to school, but she held out hope that one day she would attend. It was her dream. After…
“Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an injunction that should inspire young people at all times. Far too many of the world’s more than one billion young people lack the…
Top United Nations officials have expressed their condolences to the family of the former Finnish prime minister, Harri Holkeri, who also served as President of the 55th session of the General Assembly. Mr. Holkeri, 74, died…
This year UNAIDS will participate in the 10th annual Prizren “Doku Fest” from July 23rd to the 31st. The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, commonly referred to as “Doku Fest,” brings together film makers from…
The former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s was today removed from a hearing at the United Nations tribunal trying him on genocide charges after he continually interrupted the…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK Lamberto Zannier, announced today Thursday 30 June that he will be taking up the post of Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and…
29 June 2011 - Behind the Scenes with the UN Secretary-General, the video tracks Ban Ki-moon from his Sutton Place residence at 7:15 a.m. through a hectic day of handshakes and speeches on the opening day of the 2010 U.N…
The United Nations General Assembly today agreed to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization. Under the resolution, which was adopted by acclamation, Mr. Ban’s…
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is also 60 years since UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, was established. In that time the work of helping the world’s refugees and other forcibly displaced…