OSH, Kyrgyzstan Distinguished participants, I am pleased to address the representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s vibrant civil society. I am told the number of registered civil society organizations in this country runs into the…
OSH, Kyrgyzstan Today, we meet in a lively city. But five short years ago, Osh was the scene of tragic events that shocked Kyrgyzstan and the international community. I was in Kyrgyzstan in April 2010 and felt the rising…
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Good Morning, salamatsyzdarby and dobry den. It is a great honor to address this International Conference on Parliamentarianism. As I do so, I recall my last visit to your magnificent country in April 2010…
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Salamatsyzdarby. It is a great pleasure to be in the Kyrgyz Republic for my second visit as Secretary-General of the United Nations. I thank President [Almazbek] Atambaev, the Government and the people of…
This is a collective effort. If we are here today if we have made some progress it is thanks for the support that the international community. And I would like to enhance today the crucial role of Germany. There are two very…
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and members of the facilitation team that joined and supported the dialogue between the Burundian parties, met today in Bujumbura with…
DUSHANBE - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on the margins of the High-Level International Conference on the…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan It is a great honor and privilege for me to carry out two important events today - first of all, I was very much privileged to open this new, very excellent United Nations House. This should be our common…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan I am honored to address this Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, in the beautiful Palace of Peace and Reconciliation. Let me begin by recognizing the hospitality of His Excellency…
Deeply worried at the increasingly violent and threatening actions by a pro-government militia in Burundi, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the national authorities to take immediate and concrete measures to…
As you know we have distributed new proposal last night, it is still early to assess how it is going to work but I can tell as an early reaction from some of the participants, not all of them we still need more time to…
GARDEZ - Forging a working partnership between Provincial Councils and Civil Society lies at the heart of a series of recent UNAMA-backed meetings taking place across the country. In the latest meeting in Sharan in Paktika…