Press Release

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the high-level panel discussion on the “Africa We Want” in support of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in New York on 13 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Conference on Palestine, in Cairo today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the 131^st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), held in Geneva from 12‑16 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks in Tripoli on 11 October:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly meeting on Ebola, in New York, 10 October:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval (Argentina):

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

In response to requests by States in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to help prepare them for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) has developed a practical training course on ATT Implementation (“ATT Implementation Course”).  The training course was piloted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Jose, Costa Rica, from 8-10 October 2014.  National operators dealing with the control of imports and exports of conventional arms attended the training, alongside relevant officials from other Central American States.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Washington, D.C., on 8 October to participate in several meetings being held as part of the annual fall meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval (Argentina):