Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Universal Children’s Day, 20 November:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Brisbane, Australia, from Myanmar, late in the evening of 14 November.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on international cooperation in combating terrorism and violent extremism, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, to the third meeting of the ministerial coordination platform for the Sahel, held in Bamako today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia):

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

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, delivered by Miguel Trovoada, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), to the Extraordinary Meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Preparatory Committee — “Key Challenges to World Peace and Democracy”, in New York today:

At its second formal meeting on 14 November 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held a discussion with representatives to the United Nations of Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Malta, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Turkey on the implementation of the sanctions measures (including the arms embargo, the travel ban, the assets freeze and measures in relation to attempts to illicitly export crude oil) imposed by the Security Council in relation to Libya.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport, in New York today: