Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the first International Entrepreneurs Investment Forum, in Manama today:

Following is UN Secretary-General’s Message for the Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Light, in Paris, 19 to 20 January:

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

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

The Disarmament Commission, in an organizational meeting this morning, elected the Chair for its 2015 substantive session and reviewed its agenda at the start of a new three-year cycle, which would be held from 6 to 24 April.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Park East Synagogue Memorial Service in honour of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Cristián Barros Melet (Chile):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, in San Salvador today:

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned that an upsurge in fighting in Libya since the start of the year across several towns and cities in the east has led to more displacement.  An estimated 400,000 people remain displaced across the country.