Antonio Guterres of Portugal is sworn in as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, pledging U.N. reform when he takes over the position on January 1, 2017.
12Dec/16
Tag Archives: Ban Ki-moon
10Nov/16
Morocco climate change conference sheds bright light on Africa
Governments meeting in Morocco are expected to produce action plans on how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to slow global warming and one of them is the need to develop Africa, a continent that continues to pay the price for the industries of developed nations. In Paris, they spoke about the need to electrify African countries among other actions but this conference is expected to show how they will do that despite the funding and technical challenges behind implementation.
25Aug/16
U.N. chief wants review of any new details on crash that killed Hammarskjold
UNITED NATIONS Aug 24 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Wednesday that the world body appoint an eminent person to review any new information uncovered about a 1961 plane crash that killed then U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjold.
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17Oct/15
U.N.’s Ban tells refugee class of his own displaced childhood
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, visiting refugee families in Rome, calls Europe’s escalating refugee situation a “crisis of global solidarity”.
27Sep/15
Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg announces global campaign on internet connectivity
Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg announces during the United Nations Private Sector Forum, the launch of a global campaign to support a connectivity declaration, which recognises internet access as an important enabler of human rights.
23Sep/15
Shakira says children should not “pay the price of war”
(EVO) – Colombian pop star Shakira met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday (September 22), and held a news conference on the importance of providing funding for early childhood development.
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09Aug/15
Bell tolls in rememberance of Nagasaki A-bomb
Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the A-bomb with bells and a minute of silence.
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25May/15
Four years of study shows plankton is more than just whale food
Scientists from the Tara Ocean expedition unveil the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the world’s ocean plankton, the tiny organisms that serve as food for marine creatures such as the blue whale, but also provide half the oxygen we breathe.
28Apr/15
Vatican and U.N. team up on climate change against sceptics
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says climate change is an “urgent moral imperative” as he meets the pope at the Vatican.
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08Mar/15
World leaders vow to reach gender balanced world by 2030
World leaders including Turkey’s Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu and Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urge the international community to do more to reach global gender equality by 2030.
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