Press Release

A new iPhone app developed by the United Nations Department of Public Information with a team of United Nations online volunteers is now downloadable for free. Illustrating the breadth of activities of the United Nations system around the world, the UN Calendar of Observances app uses the international days as a basis to show users, through photos, videos and weblinks, what the United Nations does.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the World Conference on International Telecommunications, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 3 December:

The following statement was issued on 2 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the UN Cares Awards, in New York, 1 December:

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 1 December by Council President Mohammed Loulichki (Morocco):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on women, peace and security, as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson with his own personal comments, in New York, 30 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the situation in Syria, in New York on 30 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the art exhibit for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York, observed 29 November:

On 30 November 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo added the following two individuals to the List of Individuals and Entities Subject to the Measures Imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005).

New York, 30 November 2012 (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The eleventh United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues will take place in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from 3 to 4 December 2012.