The United Nations Department of Public Information and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will organize a round table discussion on “The General History of Africa: Learning and Teaching about African Heritage” from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, 10 July, in Conference Room 3 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.  The event is open to educators, students, the diplomatic community and others who have pre-registered.  The event will also be streamed live via UN Webcast.

Continuing attacks by Boko Haram, risks of election instability in several nations, transnational organized crime and Ebola were current top concerns in West Africa, a United Nations official in the region told the Security Council this afternoon.

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

The High-level Political Forum, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, must provide robust monitoring and follow-up to the post-2015 sustainable development agenda while taking into consideration the national realities and priorities of States, said speakers as the Forum opened its general debate this afternoon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Barbados on Wednesday, 1 July, to attend the thirty-sixth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in San Francisco from New York late on Thursday evening, 25 June.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Scientific Conference on “Our Common Future under Climate Change”, in Paris, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) World Leaders Conservation Forum, in Jeju, Republic of Korea, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched the 2015 Millennium Development Goals Report as the Economic and Social Council began a three-day ministerial segment of its High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, with two related panel discussions on stakeholder roles and emerging challenges.