News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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, precisely on 25 July, an attempt by the Kosovo authorities to take control of Gates…

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 Union was boycotting the Security Council over the refusal of the United…

News of the brutal murder of Ugandan human rights activist David Kato has reverberated around the world. David was beaten to death at his home outside of Kampala on 26 January. He had dedicated much of his working life to helping those persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender…

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 Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) and leave Kosovo. Ophelia FM speaks with SRSG…

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. General Assembly. United Nations, New York, September 2010 - United Nations…

On 31 May, UNMIK SRSG Lamberto Zannier met with His Grace Bishop Teodosije, the Head of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren at Gračanica Monastery. Mr. Zannier was accompanied by Leonid Markaryan, the Head of the UNMIK Office for Community Support and Facilitation. The meeting focused on the current…

The tragedies that have befallen United Nations peacekeepers already this year are a sobering reminder of the risks entailed in their important work for peace. As we mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we pay tribute to the more than 120,000 military, police and civilians…

UN Women – formally known as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – was established in July 2010 by the General Assembly, merging four previous UN bodies dealing with women’s issues. “With the birth of UN Women, we welcome a powerful new agent for progress on gender…

The Secretary-General welcomes today's arrest of Ratko Mladic, former Commander of the army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He commends President Tadic and the Serbian authorities for this significant step toward ending impunity for those indicted for serious violations of…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council condemned today’s attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, which occurred on the day the Organization has set aside for honouring the men and women who work to advance peace in war-torn countries. According to media reports, a roadside…

26 April 2011 - In recent months, a new hip and edgy sound has taken the Addis Ababa airwaves by storm. Afro-FM 105.3 is a primarily English radio station whose format blends entertainment with serious news and analysis on events around the globe. In recent months, a new hip and edgy sound has taken…

Twenty-five years ago, the explosion at Chernobyl cast a radioactive cloud over Europe and a shadow around the world. Today, the tragedy at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to unfold, raising popular fears and difficult questions. Visiting Chernobyl a few days ago, I saw the…