Ban meets with members of panel of inquiry into Gaza flotilla incident
10 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with the four-member panel of inquiry into the May Gaza flotilla incident as they sat down to map out how they will conduct their work.
WHO declares H1N1 pandemic is over, urges continued vigilance
10 August 2010 – The United Nations health agency today declared an end to the H1N1 pandemic but urged continued vigilance, cautioning that pandemics, like the viruses that cause them, are unpredictable.
Ban announces high-level panel to tackle global sustainability issues
9 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today unveiled a new panel on global sustainability that is tasked with finding ways to lift people out of poverty while tackling climate change and ensuring that economic development is environmentally friendly.
Darfur: UN chief renews call on all parties to return to peace talks
9 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call for all parties to the conflict in Darfur to cease hostilities and participate in the ongoing efforts to bring about a peaceful, negotiated settlement to the fighting that has wracked the Sudanese region for over seven years.
UN deliberating possible ‘light presence’ in Somali capital
9 August 2010 – With the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia nearing its full capacity, the United Nation is now “seriously considering” the second of its three-part strategy in which the world body would have a light presence in the capital, Mogadishu, and other parts of the war-ravaged country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
10 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with the four-member panel of inquiry into the May Gaza flotilla incident as they sat down to map out how they will conduct their work.
9 August 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today unveiled a new panel on global sustainability that is tasked with finding ways to lift people out of poverty while tackling climate change and ensuring that economic development is environmentally friendly.
