Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s radio message to the people of the Central African Republic, recorded in New York today:

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 at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Conference in New York today:

As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) charted progress made in building new office space at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) headquarters in Addis Ababa, delegates voiced serious concern over architectural and contracting mishandling that had significantly delayed its completion and given rise to extra costs.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks to the “Access to Justice and the Post-2015 Development Agenda” event in New York, today, 12 December:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Raphael Lemkin International Award Ceremony, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the final report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments for the 2015 International Agenda towards Habitat III, in New York today:

Against a grim backdrop plagued by a rising frequency and severity of climate change impacts and continued bloodshed and violence in conflict-affected States, capacity-building efforts and enhanced cooperation must be priorities in shaping the world’s humanitarian response strategies, delegates heard today as the General Assembly unanimously adopted a package of five resolutions. Doing so, the Assembly concluded its joint debate on that subject and on assistance to Rwandan genocide survivors.