Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the United Nations International Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Group of Friends ministerial meeting, in New York today: 

The Joint Communiqué on the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G-5 Sahel and the United Nations is not available in English.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) annual coordination meeting, today in New York:

The Secretary-General, addressing the General Assembly as it marked the United Nations seventieth anniversary, focused on peace and security, noting the deployment worldwide of 128,000 people in peacekeeping operations and special political missions.  Major reviews are under way, he said, to improve performance.

On Monday, 5 October, the Remember Slavery Programme and Fordham University will host a round-table discussion on “Truth:  Women, Creativity and Memory of Slavery” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s closing remarks at the high-level event "Strengthening cooperation on migration and refugee movements in the perspective of the new development agenda", in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Ajax Porto Pinheiro of Brazil as the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level thematic debate of the General Assembly marking the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations under the theme:  “maintenance of international peace and security”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting on the Central African Republic, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the ministerial meeting of the least developed countries, in New York today: