Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message marking the sixtieth anniversary of Japan’s accession to the United Nations, in Tokyo today:

Members of the Security Council were briefed this afternoon by Chairs of its subsidiary bodies, reporting on the Committee’s activities concerning, among other topics, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), Al-Qaida, the use of sanctions and the need for Committee reform.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Román Oyarzun Marchesi (Spain):

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

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

On 17 December 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) decided that the following five vessels, specified in Annex III of resolution 2270 (2016) pursuant to paragraph 23 of the same resolution, are not economic resources controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime Management Company, Limited (OMM) and therefore not subject to the asset freeze imposed in paragraph 8 (d) of resolution 1718 (2006):

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy, in Warsaw today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, today: