The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned about the displacement of 100,000 people in Syria’s Hama governorate due to fighting. The United Nations and partners, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, have sent food, water and supplies for 15,000 people on an inter-agency convoy to Hama.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Democracy, observed on 15 September:
On 19 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau held informal consultations to consider the Secretary-General’s report on progress made with regards to stabilization and restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, submitted pursuant paragraph 19 of resolution 2267 (2016).
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the High-Level Forum on Global Anti-Semitism, in New York, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the eighth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United Nations Summit, in Vientiane, today:
On 7 September 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2255 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Trust, confidence and respect that United Nations peacekeepers had earned over decades must not be eroded by the actions of a few, the General Assembly heard today at the meeting on sexual exploitation and abuse, with speakers calling to address the issue in a decisive and sustained manner.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Eighth Association of Southeast Asian Nations—United Nations Summit, in Vientiane today:
Following are Secretary-General’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic-United Nations Partnership Framework, in Vientiane, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of Sustainable Development Goal 18 for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in Vientiane, today:
