Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, held in Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the First World War Commemorative Concert, in Brussels on 9 November:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Issaka Souna of Niger as Deputy Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  The Mission will be operational on 1 January 2015, immediately after the end of the mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi, pursuant to S/RES/2137 (2014).

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement today:

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 Cassam Uteem of Mauritius as his Special Envoy and Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  MENUB was mandated by Security Council resolution 2137 (2014) adopted on 13 February, and will start its operations on 1 January 2015.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):

On 20 October 1943, 17 member nations established the United Nations War Crimes Commission to investigate and record the evidence of war crimes committed during the Second World War.  For more than 70 years, access to those records has been restricted.  They are now open to the public, following the release in July 2014 of a full copy of the archive to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):