Africa

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Babacar Gaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), to the meeting of the International Contact Group on the Central African Republic, in Brazzaville, 21 March:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg):

The Government of Gabon and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will host a workshop in Libreville 20-21 March to help French-speaking States in preparing their initial reports pursuant to Security Council resolutions concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks before meeting with religious leaders from the Central African Republic, in New York today:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing ceremony of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone, as delivered in Freetown today:

NEW YORK, 28 February (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — A six-day initiative will be held from 3 March with a view to bolstering security and peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire and improving the management of stockpiles of small arms and light weapons as well as ammunition, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) announced today.