Press Release

Resolution 1540 (2004) is a key instrument in global efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their means of delivery to non-State actors, in particular to terrorists.

The Security Council considered a progress report (document S/2016/530) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism, pursuant to resolution 2235 (2015).

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the sixty-first World Conference of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), in New York 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 Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to the High-Level Panel on Aligning Institutions to Support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the European Development Days, in Brussels today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board, in Brussels today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France)