Marking the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the Security Council today called for the instrument’s early entry into force and for all States to refrain from and maintain their moratoriums on nuclear-weapon tests or any other nuclear explosions.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Development Group side event on the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a meeting on regionalism and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in New York today:
The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued today:
The Secretary-General has urged all parties in Gabon, particularly the political leaders and their followers, to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from any form of violence and remain calm ahead of and after the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the presidential elections, which is expected today.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Ministerial Meeting on the Implementation of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, in New York today:
The text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a reception for La Francophonie is not available in English.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
With 65 million people displaced and on the move, several European countries discussed myriad ways to deal with the unprecedented phenomenon by defeating terrorism, bringing human traffickers to justice, while others called on Member States to make the better choice between engagement and isolation as the General Assembly continued its annual debate today.
