The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gerard van Bohemen (New Zealand):

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The General Assembly adopted a consensus resolution today deciding to transmit the “New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants” to its seventy-first session, paving the way for its adoption by Heads of State and Government at the 19 September United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants.

The new Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations, Necton D. Mhura, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Adikalie Foday Sumah, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations, Georgi Velikov Panayotov, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, Jorge Skinner-Klee, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations, Issa Konfourou, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, Christian Frédéric Braun, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations, Khalifa bin Ali Issa Al-Harthy, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.