Press Release

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 Forum d’Avignon, held in Bordeaux, France, on 31 March:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the photo exhibition on mine action, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Spehar of Canada as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Economic and Social Council special meeting on inequality, in New York today:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly’s commemorative meeting to observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event marking the first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Tsunami Awareness Day, in New York today:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Tunisia’s National Conference on Employment, in Tunis today:

On 28 March 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its fortieth session at United Nations Headquarters from 1 February to 18 March 2016.