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

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.

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

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, to be observed on 1 October:

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Secretary-General, in Message to Committee, Says Counter-Terrorism Actions

 

Must Be Consistent with International Human Rights, Humanitarian Law

 

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.

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 are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting on the Malian political process, in New York today: