Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

NEW YORK, 19 November (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The “Wiesbaden Conference 2015: Private Sector Engagement in Strategic Trade Controls — Industry Recommendations for New Approaches on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Implementation” will be held from 19 to 20 November in Wiesbaden, Germany.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at an event marking World Toilet Day, 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 Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message to the forty-first plenary Assembly of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, held in Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to the second Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety, held in Brasilia, 18-19 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the second UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes today’s action by the General Assembly to elect Filippo Grandi of Italy as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).