Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gerard van Bohemen (New Zealand):

NEW YORK, 8 September (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of Samoa and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) are jointly organizing a workshop on building capacity for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pacific, in Apia, Samoa, from 13 to 15 September 2016.  The workshop is made possible with financial support from the Governments of Australia and New Zealand.

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

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 eleventh East Asia Summit, in Vientiane, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Paralympic Post, today:

On 7 September 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2255 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Finance Forum 2016 annual conference, in Shanghai, China, held on 1 September:

Following are Secretary-General’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic-United Nations Partnership Framework, in Vientiane, today:

On 19 August 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau held informal consultations to consider the Secretary-General’s report on progress made with regards to stabilization and restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, submitted pursuant paragraph 19 of resolution 2267 (2016).