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.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Global Citizen Festival, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks to the high-level meeting on the Central African Republic, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the annual Coordination Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in New York today:

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.

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

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:

Lifesaving aid continued to reach millions in Syria, but funding was running low and intense, multiparty fighting continued to imperil delivery, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council this morning.