The Security Council strengthened its sanctions regime against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea today, condemning that country’s 9 September nuclear test in the strongest terms.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Ethics in Action: The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals” event, in New York today:
With the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands nearing its fiftieth year, efforts to resolve the long-standing conflict must move beyond words and promises and compel the occupying Power to end its “warlike” policies, stressed speakers today as the General Assembly opened its annual debate on the Question of Palestine.
Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien is extremely concerned about the fate of civilians in Aleppo city, where intense attacks in the past few days has forced over 20,000 people to flee, many into uncertain, precarious situations. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and local partners have begun an immediate aid response.
Israel’s illegal practices were entrenching a one-State reality of an apartheid nature, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine told a meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People today.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the memorial in honour of Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, in New York today:
On 22 November 2016, the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) and the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, H.E. Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen (New Zealand), briefed members of both Committees in joint informal consultations on his recent visit to Kabul, Afghanistan from 11 to 13 November 2016.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for “Giving Tuesday”, in New York today:
