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:

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.

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.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, to be observed on 26 September:

The Secretary-General will convene a High-level Meeting on Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak on Thursday, 25 September, at 11 a.m.