The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the fifth World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders 2016 — “Local Voices for a Better World”, held in Bogota, 12‑15 October:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirteenth Railway Sustainability Conference, in Vienna today:
The Third Committee continued its discussion on the advancement of women today, with delegates sharing national action plans and legislation adopted to promote gender equality, in accordance with their commitments under Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Delegates mixed respect for the principle of universal jurisdiction with concern about its scope and application today, as the Sixth Committee (Legal) began its consideration of that subject.
Among the gravest threats today, the widespread circulation of conventional weapons, including shipments reaching terrorist groups operating in vulnerable regions, was killing thousands of people and affecting millions more, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) heard today as it continued its general debate.
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Haiti, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in that country said the category-four Hurricane Matthew had made landfall in the nation on 4 October, causing death, wide-spread damage, flooding and displacement.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budget) today voiced their concerns with a Secretariat appeal to delay the start-up dates of several crucial elements of the recent overhaul of the ways in which thousands of staff are compensated for their work.
On 11 October, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:
