The following press statement was issued today by Vijay Nambiar, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Myanmar:

The Sudan-South Sudan Consultative Forum (SSSCF), initially established as the Sudan Consultative Forum on 8 May 2010, held its fifth meeting at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, on 27 September 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Jean Ping. The Chairperson-elect of the AU Commission, Madam Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was also present.

Homi Kharas, a national of Pakistan was appointed today as Lead Author and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on the global development agenda beyond 2015, which is co-chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 19 July:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 11 April:

The following joint statement was issued 26 May by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan:

The following note was issued today in New York by the Middle East Quartet following informal consultations:

Following is a joint statement by leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum and the United Nations Secretary-General:

Following is the joint press statement of the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) following their ministerial-level meeting in New York on 28 September:

Following is a joint message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Irina Bokova on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, under the theme “Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, to be observed on 3 May: