The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Matthew Rycroft (United Kingdom):

At its seventh formal meeting on 23 November 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan met with representatives to the United Nations of the Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan, with the aim of further strengthening the dialogue between the Committee and the invited delegations, particularly on the challenges faced by the region in achieving full implementation of the measures — arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze — set out in the same resolution in relation to Darfur.

During its informal consultations on 20 November 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo was briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Catherine Pollard of Guyana as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.  She will succeed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service and able leadership.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Edmond Mulet of Guatemala as his Chef de Cabinet and Patrick Carey of Ireland as his Deputy Chef de Cabinet ad interim.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Martín Santiago Herrero, Resident Coordinator in Panama, to the General Assembly of the Parlatino on “the Vision of Latin America and the Caribbean on the Challenges Facing the Sustainable Development Goals”, in Panama City today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rashid Khalikov of the Russian Federation as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Partnerships with the Middle East and Central Asia, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Geneva.

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message, delivered by Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), to the forty-first Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC), in Libreville, Gabon, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Glasser of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).