United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Rome from Brussels on Wednesday, 5 October.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, observed on 15 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, on Tuesday afternoon, 4 October, flew from Strasbourg, France, to Brussels to attend the European Union-hosted Brussels Conference on Afghanistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, travelled from Bern, Switzerland, to Strasbourg on Tuesday, 4 October, to attend a climate-related event at the European Parliament.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva from New York on Sunday, 2 October.

Harnessing the benefits of space science and technology was crucial for the global effort to eradicate poverty and realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it concluded its general debate on international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.

The threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) might become a growing challenge to international peace and security as the military operations against the group continued to make progress, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council today.

On the heels of what had been hailed as a historically transparent and inclusive selection process, the General Assembly this morning, for the ninth time since 1946, chose its next Secretary-General, appointing by acclamation António Guterres of Portugal for a five-year term starting 1 January 2017.

On 13 October 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures reaffirmed by paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Security Council resolution 2293 (2016) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly plenary meeting on the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in New York today: