The Economic and Social Council opened today the first set of four coordination and management meetings in its 2014 session, deciding the theme for the humanitarian affairs segment to be “The future of humanitarian affairs: towards greater inclusiveness, coordination, interoperability and effectiveness”.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Meeting on Model Institutions for a Sustainable Future, being held in in Budapest from 24 to 26 April:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Ibrahim El-Ziq, Resident Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Resident Coordinator ad interim in Saudi Arabia, to the Conference on the Knowledge-based Economy and its Role in National Development, being held in Riyadh on 24-25 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michael Moeller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the United Nations Round Table on the Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine, in Geneva on 24 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ben Ki-moon’s remarks at a panel on “Moving away from the Death Penalty and Halting Discrimination against Marginalized Groups”, in New York on 24 April:

The United Nations has launched the new website of the Yearbook of the United Nations, the main reference work on the Organization’s activities.

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

Following a period of calm, violence had returned to Darfur, the Security Council heard today as it evaluated the effectiveness of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation there.

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