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

Strategies that can help the world’s forests to promote social development, livelihoods and poverty eradication will be the focus of the United Nations Forum on Forests, which will meet from 24 January to 4 February. The Forum, which consists of all 192 Members of the United Nations, aims to emphasize the role and needs of people who depend on forests at a time when unsustainable practices and economic crises continue to threaten healthy forests.

Stressing that institution-building was a critical part of peacebuilding in countries emerging from conflict, the Security Council acknowledged today the need to continue improving its support for those countries in order to sustain peace by creating national bodies that would promote democratic processes and socio-economic development.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Park East Synagogue International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in New York, on 22 January:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the twenty-first World Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort, in Singapore, today, 24 January:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ivan Barbalić (Bosnia and Herzegovina):

The new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations, Tekeda Alemu, today presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the United Nations, Jaya Nyamrajsingh Meetarbhan, today presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, Edita Hrda, today presented her credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.