Press Release

The new Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Keith Hamilton Llewellyn Marshall, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Virginia Gamba, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the “A Century of Weapons of Mass Destruction:  Enough!” event, organized by the municipalities of Ypres and Langemarck-poelkapelle in cooperation with the International Network of Mayors for Peace, held in Ypres, Belgium, today:

The new Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, Lourdes Ortiz Yparraguirre, presented her credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Amrith Rohan Perera, presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly thematic debate “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation:  Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism”, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dina Kawar (Jordan):

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level panel discussion on "culture as an enabler of the sustainable development agenda:  contributions of cultural diversity and cultural exchanges in advancing the post-2015 development agenda", in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, today, in New York: