Press Release

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Lise Grande of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its thirty-sixth session at United Nations Headquarters from 20 October to 28 November.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the UN Cares award winners, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the High-Level Policy Forum on Migration of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, to be held in Paris 1-2 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the nineteenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, at The Hague, 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to be observed on 3 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

On 26 November, at its second formal meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) continued its dialogue with the representatives to the United Nations of Yemen and the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.