Africa

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 to the Security Council debate on peace and security in Africa, in New York today, 22 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on Somalia, in New York, 21 October:

The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Ruhakana Rugunda (Uganda):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the African Union Ministerial Launch of the African Women’s Decade in Nairobi, today, 15 October:

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

The following Security Council statement was issued today by Council President Ruhakana Rugunda (Uganda):

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

The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President Ertuğrul Apakan (Turkey):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, today launched a United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security, an important new mechanism to enhance strategic cooperation between the two organizations in preventing and resolving conflicts.