The General Assembly today elected 15 States to serve on the Human Rights Council for three-year terms beginning next month, in a single round of secret balloting which followed the candidates’ nomination by their respective regional groups.

The uneven development and persistent socio-economic gaps suffered by indigenous populations across the Latin America and Caribbean region undoubtedly stemmed from the historical wrongs committed on its first peoples and the strategic means for correcting those wrongs needed urgent revision, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was told today during a half-day discussion on that region, as it rounded out the first week of its tenth session.

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

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 10 entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and postponed its consideration of 32 applications.

The following statement was issued on 20 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 22 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Union des Eglises Evangeliques Services et Oeuvres (UEESO) internally displaced persons camp in the Cocody commune of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, yesterday, 22 May:

The following press statement was issued yesterday, 22 May, by Security Council President Gérard Araud (France):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at Maitama Hospital in Abuja on 22 May:

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