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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Paralympic Post, today:

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned by reports received of threats and harassment against some civil society members who met with the Security Council delegation during a visit to Juba last week, saying the actions are in violation of the rights of fundamental freedoms.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message in memory of Dame Margaret Anstee:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Literacy Day, observed today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the eleventh East Asia Summit, in Vientiane, today:

NEW YORK, 8 September (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of Samoa and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) are jointly organizing a workshop on building capacity for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pacific, in Apia, Samoa, from 13 to 15 September 2016.  The workshop is made possible with financial support from the Governments of Australia and New Zealand.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Finance Forum 2016 annual conference, in Shanghai, China, held on 1 September: