Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, in Seoul, today:

Amid growing global tensions and turmoil, fostering neighbourly relations was vital to national development and prosperity and in keeping with the “surge of democracy” spreading throughout the world, the General Assembly heard today as debate continued into the weekend.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks at the seventh ministerial meeting of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), in New York, today:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Non-Violence, observed on 2 October:

On 29 September 2014, the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its ninth consultative meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations Secretariat and African Union Commission were represented by senior officials from the two organizations.

There was a danger of “widespread indifference” when a union of States was passive in the face of hostilities suffered by defenceless populations, the Holy See’s Secretary of State told the General Assembly on the penultimate day of its annual debate.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samantha Power (United States):

On 26 September 2014, the United Nations Secretary-General convened a high-level meeting on the Central African Republic.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Abdul Kamara of Sierra Leone as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.