Africa

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

The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23 September:

On 19 September, the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its third consultative meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It reviewed the situations in Libya, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, and agreed on the steps and arrangements needed to strengthen and ensure greater coherence in the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union in those countries, within the framework of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Mini-Summit on the Horn of Africa, in New York, 24 September:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson 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 High-level Meeting on Libya, today, 20 September, in New York:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ian Martin of the United Kingdom as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), and also appointed Georg Charpentier of Finland as Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator, ad interim.

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message to the memorial ceremony for the bombing of the UN House in Abuja, Nigeria, as delivered by Daouda Touré, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Nigeria, on 15 September: