Press Release

On 6 March 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 final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the representatives to the United Nations of Angola (on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region), Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Africa (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community), Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Tuberculosis Day, to be observed on 24 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Miroslav Jenča of Slovakia as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed on 21 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Road Federation Conference “Road Safety Challenge for Africa”, held today in Addis Ababa:

An exhibition to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will open in the United Nations Visitors’ Lobby on Thursday, 12 March at 6 p.m. and remain on display until 9 April.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Public Commemoration of Beijing+20: “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality” event, held in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Women’s Empowerment Principles 2015 Annual Event, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-level Event on “Every woman, every child”, in New York today:

The new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Catherine Boura, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.