Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the Religions for Peace Global Youth Campaign on Disarmament for Shared Security in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 7 November:

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 7 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Mark Lyall Grant, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, Francisco Carrión Mena, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, Téte António, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Observer for the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, Roy S. Lee, today presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Beijing Forum 2009:

The following Security Council press statement on the Afghanistan elections was read out today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria):

The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will hold its twenty-ninth ministerial meeting in N’Djamena, Chad, from 9 to 13 November. Succeeding Gabon, Chad will assume the presidency of the Committee for its twenty‑ninth meeting.