Press Release

On 24 September 2014, Iraq deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); and consented to be bound by the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention; Protocol I on non-detectable fragments; Protocol II and its amended version on mines, booby-traps and other devices; Protocol III on incendiary weapons; Protocol IV on blinding laser weapons; and Protocol V on explosive remnants of war.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Non-Violence, observed on 2 October:

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 Samantha Power (United States):

On 29 September 2014, the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its ninth consultative meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations Secretariat and African Union Commission were represented by senior officials from the two organizations.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, in Seoul, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Global Citizen Festival, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a meeting with leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in New York today: