Your Excellency, Ms. Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, Trustees Co-chairs Ms. Sheila Penrose, Chairman of the Board, JLL, USA, and Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup, USA, Mr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the…

[as delivered] Good afternoon – I just had a good meeting with the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and my Special Adviser, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. This was my first meeting with both leaders together. It was a very good oppor-tunity for…

Thank you very much for the chance to speak to you today. I especially appreciate Dr. David Nabarro, my Special Advisor on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo, for bringing us together. This is our chance to build on the…

The Secretary-General met today in Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. The Secretary-General and the Prime Minister exchanged views on the developments taking place in Turkey and in the region. The Secretary-…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Office for the…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a group of eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to help promote action to achieve the SDGs adopted by world leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25September2015. The SDGs…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations…

31st SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 29 February -24 March 2016Media accreditation Representatives of the media will need to be accredited for the coverage of the session. All journalists applying for accreditation must submit proof that they represent a bona fide media…

The twenty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 18 to 29 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, asked for the opportunity of a meeting with senior officials of the five Permanent Members of the Security Council ("the P5") in order to update them on his latest regional travels and the resulting impressions about preparations…