ollowing is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority, to the ministerial event on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Peace Operations, in New York today:

The text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a reception of La Francophonie is not available in English.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Pacific Islands Forum, in New York, today:

Keeping pace with the evolving security landscape was a collective responsibility that required a staunch commitment to conflict prevention — through building capacities, investing resources, and above all, heeding the call of the United Nations Charter to “unite in strength”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, opening a high-level thematic debate in the General Assembly.

Continuing to address the broad range of challenges facing the global community, Heads of State and Government along with other high-level representatives hailed recent diplomatic successes, while decrying the plight of refugees and the crises leading to their flight, during day four of the General Assembly’s annual debate.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change, to the high-level side event on climate change and security, in New York today:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Palestinian flag-raising ceremony, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, in New York today:

This afternoon, the Secretary-General will convene a meeting on migration. In his remarks to the event, he is expected to emphasize how we must step up our work to prevent and stop wars and persecution.