Press Release

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Park East Synagogue Memorial Service in honour of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, in San Salvador today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Janos Pasztor of Hungary as Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ba Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for the twenty-third Anniversary of the Peace Agreements in El Salvador, in San Salvador today:

The new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, presented his credentials to UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today.

Upon arrival in New Delhi from New York on Saturday, 10 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had a brief meeting at the airport with Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Mr. Pachauri briefed him about the on-going work of the Panel and on his planned activities in the months ahead.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Barbershop Conference on Changing the Discourse among Men on Gender Equality, in New York, today:

Seized with a succession of new crises in Europe, the Middle East and across Africa, the Security Council in 2014 tackled an expanding workload in a record number of meetings while seeking to defeat terrorism, prevent conflicts, protect civilians, and improve the effectiveness of sanctions and other tools to quell tensions and neutralize threats.