Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the COP21 Momentum for Change event in Paris today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at a panel discussion in commemoration of Human Rights Day, in New York on 9 December:

The Economic and Social Council met this morning to elect a Vice-President of the Council from the Latin American and Caribbean States.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Vladimir Kuznetsov of the Russian Federation as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Moscow, Russian Federation.  Mr. Kuznetsov assumed his duties today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change, to the opening of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition High Level Assembly, in Paris on 8 December:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks on the observance of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, in New York today:

With the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda set to formally close at the end of December, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia striving to complete its work by the end of 2017, the Presidents and Prosecutors of both bodies, as well as the President of the International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals briefed the Security Council today on their proceedings.

The Security Council today adopted an historic resolution on youth, peace and security, which for the first time in its history focuses entirely on the role of young men and women in peacebuilding and countering violent extremism.

Upon the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), the General Assembly adopted 25 draft resolutions and three draft decisions today, tackling issues ranging from decolonization issues to outer space activities, to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and beyond.

The Secretary-General spoke at the commemoration in Finland of the sixtieth anniversary of the country’s United Nations membership and welcomed its steps to prevent social exclusion, foster understanding across cultures and religions, and promote human rights.  He also visited an asylum seekers’ centre near the capital.