Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Taizé Community European Meeting of Young Adults, in Valencia, Spain, from 28 December 2015 to 1 January 2016:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly following the adoption of the programme budget for the 2016-2017 biennium, in New York today:

On 14 December 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo held an exchange of views on the midterm report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2015/797) with the representatives to the United Nations of Angola (on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region), Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, on 21 December:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Christopher Coleman of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Mahamat Saleh Annadif of Chad as his Special Representative for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samantha Power (United States):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samantha Power (United States):

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

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