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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Vytautas Magnus University, in Kaunas, Lithuania, 17 November:

The following statement was issued on 17 November by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Connect Asia-Pacific Summit in Bangkok on 18 November:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Connect Asia-Pacific Summit in Bangkok on 18 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑Moon’s message for the International Day to End Violence against Women, observed on 25 November:

Reiterating its condemnation of all acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, the Security Council today renewed for another year authorizations, first agreed in 2008, for international action to fight those crimes in cooperation with Government authorities.

The Palestinian Rights Committee today approved four draft resolutions relating to the question of Palestine, as it considered the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly with regard to Israel’s recent settlement activities.

While continuing violence and human rights violations continued to impede progress in South Sudan amid the State’s struggle to establish and extend its authority, recent developments gave reason for “cautious optimism”, the senior United Nations official in that country told the Security Council in a briefing today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November: