Legal

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks for the debate of the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly on agenda item 84:  “Rule of law at the national and international levels”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Miguel de Serpa Soares, United Nations Legal Counsel, to the annual breakfast meeting of the Informal Ministerial Network on the International Criminal Court, in New York today:

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, delivered by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel, to the event marking International Criminal Justice Day, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inaugural ceremony of the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Judge Theodor Meron of the United States as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for a new term commencing on 1 March.

Concluding its annual session today, the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on Strengthening the Role of the Organization adopted its 2015 draft report and forwarded its recommendations to the General Assembly.

Concluding the general debate for the session, speakers at the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization called for renewed political will to overcome divergent views and hammer out an agreement on how to move forward in several areas of maintaining international peace and security.