As the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone readied for its final drawdown next week, top officials hailed the country as a “storehouse of lessons” on how to transform war into durable peace, as the Security Council issued a presidential statement on the peacebuilding initiative.

The General Assembly today affirmed its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, underscoring the invalidity of the 16 March referendum held in autonomous Crimea.

Continuing attempts by trained, well-armed and deep-pocketed terrorist and militant groups to impose their will through violence in Anbar, Iraq's largest province, were threatening the country's stability and had stifled its legislative process, the senior United Nations official in Iraq told the Security Council today.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the opening of World Wildlife Fund (WWF)- Korea, in Seoul today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, to be observed on 6 April:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the fifteenth Regional Coordination Mechanism, in Abuja today:

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) until 31 March 2015.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Jan Eliasson’s statement to the Seventh Joint Annual Meeting of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance Security Council on post-conflict peacebuilding, in Abuja today:

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