Press Release

NEW YORK, 7 October (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its third and final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the Girl Child, to be observed on 11 October:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, to be observed on 7 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks at Global Migration Group Event on “Adolescents, Youth and Migration” in New York on 4 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a World Habitat Day event, entitled “Resilient Design for Sustainable Urbanization”, in New York on 4 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed M’Baye Babacar Cissé of Senegal as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the closing of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, in New York on 4 October: