Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Day of the Seafarer, observed on 25 June:
The Special Committee on Decolonization approved 14 draft resolutions today, including one addressing several critical aspects of the upcoming self-determination referendum to decide the future status of New Caledonia.
United Nations inter-agency convoys delivered life-saving assistance in Syria yesterday for 37,500 people in Jirud in rural Damascus to 22,500 in eastern Aleppo. The United Nations submitted a plan for approval by the Government of Syria that requests unconditional access to 1.2 million more in 35 besieged areas.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative developed among the six largest communications businesses globally in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Andrew Gilmour of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s closing remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York on 23 June:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in New York today
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
