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As World Water Day approaches on March 22nd, good news comes from the 2012 update of the Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation: "The drinking-water target has been met and is thus one of the first MDG targets to be achieved. Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people...
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The 6th World Water Forum kicked off on Monday to a mixed crowd of UN officials, policy-makers, youth and civil society. The meeting carries the headline “Time for Solutions”, representing the sentiment at the Forum quite accurately.
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This morning I had about half an hour trilateral telephone conference with (Joint Special Envoy) Kofi Annan and Nabil ElAraby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States and myself.
Basically all three of us share the same concerns and same priorities and same approaches. Our priority is...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed last week’s announcement in Fiji of the start of a constitution-making process, saying it was an important step towards the country’s return to constitutional order.
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A sprawling metropolis of some 10 million, Lagos, Nigeria, is one of Africa’s largest cities. Located on the Gulf of Guinea near the country’s western border with Benin, Lagos is the passage site for the some 2.2 million barrels of oil that Nigeria, making it a vital trading point not only for...
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Thank you for this opportunity to update the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
I thank His Excellency Henry Bellingham, United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, for chairing this meeting during his country’s presidency of the Council.
I commend the leadership and...
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SG: Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. You may be wondering why I am here suddenly. I am not here to replace him [Spokesperson] - his job - but I am here to share with you beforehand how I am doing with creating my new team.
You have been briefed by my Chef de Cabinet...
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Economist and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs, known throughout the development world for his work in poverty alleviation, has announced his candidacy for President of the World Bank.
“The World Bank is adrift,” Dr. Sachs said in an article published by the Washington Post on...
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As the world population continues to grow and people continue to flock to urban centers in huge numbers, cities, and the infrastructure networks that keep them running, have come under immense stress. The influx of millions of migrants has left many vital services in cities, like electrical grids,...
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With CO2 or carbon dioxide emissions taking center stage at most climate change discussions, experts at Thursday's "Reducing short-lived pollutants to slow climate change while improving crop yields and health" meeting organized by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO),...