Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on United Nations Day, observed on 24 October:

NEW YORK, 18 October (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — On 20 October, the United Nations will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) — one of the most significant global transparency instruments.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), in Quito today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Committee on Food Security, in Rome today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments in Quito today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the University of Maryland on the “Do Good Generation”, in College Park, Maryland, on 14 October:

On 10 October 2016, the Coordinator of the Group of Experts established by resolution 1533 (2004) and recently extended pursuant to resolution 2293 (2016) briefed the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) on updates submitted to the Committee concerning the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On 10 October 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo met with representatives of Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda.