The situation in Syria, policing in peacekeeping operations and addressing the new face of terrorism were among the Security Council’s top priorities in November, Gary Quinlan of Australia, Council President for the month, said at a Headquarters press conference today.

Growing needs due to escalating conflict in the region amid a glaring funding shortfall in the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees had brought new urgency to the international community to address the vulnerability of the refugee community, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it began its annual consideration of the Agency’s work.

Following is UN Secretary—General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, to be observed on 6 November:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s address to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna today:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Forum on partnerships to scale up investments for inclusive and sustainable industrial development, in Vienna today:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message in support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) campaign to end statelessness in 10 years, in Geneva today:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention against Torture, in Geneva today:

All peoples had a fundamental entitlement to sovereignty and the State of Palestine must be able to exercise that right, several delegates told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today as it concluded its general discussion on self-determination and the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Agriculture was the cornerstone of the Palestinian economy, and was “deliberately targeted” by Israel, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today.

As the First Committee’s session drew to a close, its Chair, Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, commended the positive and constructive tone of discussions despite the persistence of divergent views, with delegations according priority attention to the world’s deadliest weapon of mass destruction and the most lethal and indiscriminate of all, nuclear weapons.