United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abuja from New York on Sunday afternoon, 23 August.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony for the International Day of Peace, in New York today:

On 21 September 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Tea Ceremony for Peace, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks at the International Day of Peace Student Observance, in New York today:

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

The UN refugee agency says this week’s dramatic situation on the Hungarian border and on the Serbian border with Croatia demonstrates the chaos resulting from the lack of a coherent and united response to Europe’s refugee situation.  More than 440,000 refugees and migrants have arrived via the Mediterranean so far this year.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations, to the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief, in New York today:

Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the General Assembly this morning adopted the work programme and agenda for its seventieth session, which contained 173 items, and endorsed the recommendation that its general debate would be held from 28 September to 3 October.

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