The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

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

On 16 September 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) enacted the amendments specified with underline in the entry below on its List of individuals subject to the assets freeze and travel ban measures set out in paragraphs 11 and 15, respectively, of resolution 2140 (2014) and the arms embargo set out in paragraph 14 of resolution 2216 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York today:

The Security Council must not escape its responsibility to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict, as human suffering in that country had worsened, not diminished, a United Nations senior humanitarian affairs official told the 15-nation body today.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a briefing to Member States on Sustainable Energy for All, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a briefing to Member States on Sustainable Energy for All, in New York today:

NEW YORK, 16 September (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its thirty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters from 20 July to 4 September.  Besides the two weeks of plenary meetings (3-7 and 24-28 August), the Commission, working through its subcommissions, devoted five weeks to the technical examination of submissions at the Geographic Information Systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea.

Sanctions imposed on Iran under successive Security Council resolutions remained in full effect until the 15-member body received confirmation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the country had taken a set of nuclear-related actions in accordance with resolution 2231 (2015), the head of the designated sanctions committee said today.

The Secretary-General laid a wreath today in memory of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who died 54 years ago.  Speaking at the ceremony, he said that the Organization remains inspired every day by Mr. Hammarskjöld’s integrity, intelligence and idealism.