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Press Release

14 January 2014

SC/11247

As Old Questions Linger, New Realities Compel Security Council to Rethink Traditional Means of Tackling Global Hotspots

The Security Council went to great lengths in 2013 to adapt — and occasionally redefine — its traditional means of intervention so as to better accommodate twenty-first century realities as it worked to quell fresh fighting in the heart of Africa and soften fierce hostilities reshaping even the strongest alliances in the Middle East over the course of the year.

14 January 2014

SG/SM/15579

With Referendum Under Way in Egypt, Secretary-General Stresses Respect for Free Expression, Commitment to Non-Violence

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

11 January 2014

SG/SM/15578

Secretary-General, Saddened by Death of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Says Successor Faces Difficult Challenge

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

10 January 2014

SC/11244-AFR/2792

Security Council Press Statement on South Sudan

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein (Jordan):

10 January 2014

PI/2078

Multistakeholder Advisory Group Renewed to Prepare Internet Governance Forum Meeting, in Istanbul, Turkey, 2–5 September

The membership of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum has been renewed.

10 January 2014

SG/SM/15576

Haiti Remains ‘Extremely Vulnerable on Many Fronts’, Secretary-General Stresses in Message Commemorating 2010 Earthquake

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the staff commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, delivered by Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in Port-au-Prince today:

9 January 2014

SG/SM/15575-AFR/2791-REC/255

Secretary-General, in Message to Extraordinary Summit on Central African Republic, Says ‘Distrust High and Violence Has Fuelled Thirst for Revenge’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Babacar Gaye, his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office for the Central African Republic, to the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States, in N’Djamena, today, 9 January:

8 January 2014

ORG/1576

Increase in Deadly Attacks against the United Nations Claimed More than 58 Lives in 2013, Staff Union Says

Working for the United Nations became more hazardous last year, with at least 58 persons losing their life in deliberate attacks.

8 January 2014

SG/SM/15574

All Stand to Gain from Collective Progress by Group of 77 and China, Secretary-General Says at Chairmanship Handover Ceremony

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China, in New York today: