Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly informal plenary on Ebola, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level conference:  “UNRWA@65:  Sustaining Human Development and Protecting Rights of Palestine Refugees”, in New York today:

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

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 10 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council — including the group known as The Palestinian Return Centre, Ltd., on which a recorded vote was held — and deferred action on 43 others.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the release of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, in Ottawa, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day of Vesak, today:

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the conference on “The Notion of Progress in the Diversity of World Cultures”, in New York today:

United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) reports that a total of 1,031 Iraqis were killed and another 1,684 were wounded during the month of May.  The Head of the Mission there says for any military gains to be sustainable, the Government must adopt a set of confidence-building measures towards disaffected communities.

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 15 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, but denied that privilege to the United States-based Freedom Now — which works to free prisoners of conscience through legal, political and public relations efforts — following a request for vote by the United States.