Press Release

The text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at a briefing on the Central African Republic is not available in English. 

NEW YORK, 20 October (Department of Safety and Security) — The United Nations was now continuously engaged in an increasingly complex, dangerous and unpredictable world security environment, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the General Assembly released today.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the screening of the documentary Before the Flood, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the situation in Syria, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Washington, D.C., from New York on Friday, 14 October.

On 19 October 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures reaffirmed by paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Security Council resolution 2293 (2016) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly commemorative event to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the two International Human Rights Covenants, in New York today: