The Security Council’s visiting mission to East Africa and its efforts to build stronger relations with the African Union were among the highlights of its work in May, members said today, as the 15-member organ held its monthly “wrap-up” meeting.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth United Nations DPI/NGO [Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization] Conference, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth DPI/NGO Conference Youth Caucus Event, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, on 30 May:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Joint High-Level Symposium on the 2030 Agenda, co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations country team in China, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for European Green Week, 30 May to 3 June:
Expressing its deep concern at the failure of South Sudan’s leaders to end hostilities and fully implement the agreement on resolving the conflict in that country, the Security Council today renewed until 31 May 2017 a package of sanctions — including a travel ban and asset freeze — imposed by resolution 2206 (2015) on those blocking peace, security and stability.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the official dinner hosted by the National Organizing Committee of the sixty-sixth DPI/NGO Conference, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, on 29 May:
NEW YORK, 31 May (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The host country agreement between the Netherlands and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons–United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism was signed today in The Hague by Johan van der Werff, Ambassador responsible for international organizations at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Virginia Gamba, head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism.
