Press Release

NEW YORK, 17 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — Grenada is the latest country to join the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as read out at the beginning of the Security Council meeting on peace operations, was issued today:

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as delivered, to the Security Council on Peace Operations: The United Nations-African Union Partnership and its Evolution, in New York today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement following a meeting in Bkirki, Lebanon, with Maronite Patriarch for Antioch and the East Bechara Boutros El-Rai, today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mahamat Zene Cherif (Chad):

The multilingual smartphone app The United Nations Calendar of Observances:  Making a Difference is now available for free for Android devices in eight languages.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan, in Beirut today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December:

The United Nations today released the sixty-fourth volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, covering the Organization’s global activities in 2010.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its twenty-eighth session from 10 to 12 December.