The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year until 31 August 2017, as it expressed concern at limited progress made towards a permanent ceasefire, a decade after the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006), which ended a flare up of violence with Israel that year.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Building a Nuclear-Free World Conference, in Astana today:

With no prospect for resuming peace negotiations in sight, developments on the ground in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories continued to undermine an already precarious situation, said Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, briefing the Security Council today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Singapore Management University’s Ho Rih Hwa leadership lecture, in Singapore today:

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

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 for the sixth Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) thematic session 3 on “promoting social stability for shared prosperity”, in Nairobi today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the opening session of the sixth Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in Nairobi today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):