The participation of all States was crucial in enabling the Human Rights Council to conduct a successful second cycle of assessing the human rights records of each country — a process known as the universal periodic review — that body’s President told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today.

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved several draft resolutions today, including a text titled “Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons”.

A delegation of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee wrapped up its five-day visit to Burkina Faso today, at the invitation of the Government.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the Bangkok Dialogue on the Rule of Law, 15 November:

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s video message to the Bangkok Dialogue on the Rule of Law, 15 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Latvia 95 Conference, in Riga on 15 November:

On 18 November, in observance of the third anniversary of the United Nations Academic Impact, students from the tri-state area will attend a youth forum, the focus of which will be “Making a difference”.

An almost evenly divided Security Council, lacking the requisite nine affirmative votes, today failed to adopt a resolution seeking a one-year delay in International Criminal Court proceedings against the President and Deputy President of Kenya.

Concluding its current session today, the Sixth Committee (Legal) continued its tradition of consensus and approved 16 draft resolutions, including a text on the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, which was also introduced to delegations.

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