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, delivered by Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Envoy on Youth, to the second Nigerian Young Professionals Summit, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing of the League of Arab States Protocol, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to the High-Level Panel Discussion on “Regional Dimensions of Promoting Sustainable Development:  Developing Complementarities between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community Vision 2025, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Ministerial Meeting of Least Developed Countries, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the WorldChefs Congress, in Thessaloniki, Greece, today:

On 24 September 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the names below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

While the United Nations had been founded on the belief that States could solve problems collectively, the time had come to move in a new direction, the General Assembly heard today, as speakers underlined the need to embrace a new era of engagement based on common needs, innovative ideas and mutual respect.

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the high-level ministerial event on responding to the impacts of El Niño and mitigating recurring climate risks, in New York today: