The current strength of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, augmented after the devastating earthquake, should be maintained at least through the elections and the formation of a new Government, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 13 September:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Future Forum “Gender Equality: the Missing Link? Rethinking the Internationally-Agreed Development Goals beyond 2015”, in Athens on 9 September:

For the thirtieth consecutive year, the United Nations Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalists’ Fellowship Programme starts today at United Nations Headquarters.

In a flurry of activity before the opening tomorrow of its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted three resolutions and two decisions today on issues related to the layout of its upcoming high-level meetings on the Millennium Development Goals, the Mauritius Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, and the International Year of Biodiversity, among others.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the First Global Meeting of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group in Kobe, Japan, today, 14 September:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today his appointment of Michelle Bachelet of Chile as the Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Habitat Day, to be observed on 4 October:

Joseph Deiss of Switzerland was elected President of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 11 June 2010.