The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement today:

Despite significant and progressive gains made by African Union and French troops in the Central African Republic, the situation in the strife-torn country remained extremely grave, senior officials told the Security Council today, urging immediate action to prevent further bloodshed.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the High-Level Event of the Human Rights Council on the Question of the Death Penalty, in Geneva today:

Following are UN Secretary-General’s remarks, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman at the meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon, in Paris today:

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message to the UNIS ( United Nations International School)-UN Conference in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message as delivered by Leila Zerrougui, his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, to the launch of the United Nations Global Campaign “Children, Not Soldiers”, in New York today:

Good progress was being made on the creation of an emergency management system to better prepare the United Nations to withstand disruptive crises and natural disasters, Secretariat officials and delegates alike told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today as they scrutinized reports on the subject.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, today, in New York:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the sixty-first session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Annual Commemoration of International Women’s Day, in New York today: