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:

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

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.

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

30 September 2014

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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.

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

On 24 September 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea approved the addition of the individual specified below to the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008) and paragraph 43 of resolution 2093 (2013) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.