Press Release

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

Facing unparalleled global pressures, with a rising Ebola virus death toll, rampant extremism that was escalating “terror to a new era and a new level” and unwilling refugees fleeing elevated sea-levels, the international community must tackle those formidable challenges with a sense of resolve and resilience, General Assembly President Sam Kutesa (Uganda) said at the opening of the sixty-ninth session of the 193-nation organ.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Sandra Mitchell of the United States as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.

On 31 December 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic removed the name below from its sanctions list after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for this name.

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

On 30 December 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mahamat Zene Cherif (Chad):

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