Sending a message of support to the Government and people of Yemen, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming recent progress in the country’s political transition and expressed strong support for the completion of next steps, among them drafting a new constitution, and holding a referendum as well as general elections.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Wildlife Day, to be observed on 3 March:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):

A post-2015 agenda focused on sustainable development and poverty eradication required the United Nations to refine the ways it supported countries’ priority development needs, delegates said today as the Economic and Social Council wrapped up the main part of its “operational activities for development” segment of its 2014 session.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, at the Partners in Population and Development and “Every woman, every child” dinner in New York, 24 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at an event marking the centenary of the amalgamation of Nigeria, in Abuja today:

A comprehensive and sustainable peace in Mali could only truly be realized by the country’s people themselves, with the full backing of the international community, France’s representative told the Security Council today.

The success of upcoming legislative elections would be critical to the future economic and social stability of Guinea-Bissau’s, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country told the Security Council today.