Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the open debate of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in New York, today, 11 November:

What the international community faced today concerning the “crimes committed in Gaza by the Israeli regime was not a lack of standards and norms, but a need for greater effort to implement them”, Iran’s representative told the Fourth Committee as it concluded its general debate on Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.

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

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Diabetes Day, observed 14 November:

Expressing deep regret that civilians continued to account for the vast majority of casualties in armed conflicts, the Security Council reaffirmed today its readiness to respond to the targeting of civilians and the blocking of humanitarian aid, as it opened a day-long debate on the matter.

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

Tomorrow, 13 November, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library will officially launch “UN Member States on the Record”, a new research tool which will dramatically facilitate research on the work and actions of each Member State, and make information more accessible and easy to find.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, on 16 November: