Press Release

The following statement was issued today in New York by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire by 11 months, until 30 June 2014, deciding to reconfigure its uniformed personnel by that time and consider possible further reductions based on the evolution of security conditions on the ground.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Club des Chefs des Chefs, in New York, 29 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event “Passing the Summer Olympics Baton: from London 2012 to Rio 2016”, in New York, 29 July:

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

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

On 29 July 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved updates to the Guidelines of the Committee for the Conduct of its Work to include the contact details for the National Contact Point of the Government of Afghanistan:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rosemary DiCarlo (United States):

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, as delivered in Seoul by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), for the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, 27 July: