Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Democracy, observed on 15 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of Sustainable Development Goal 18 for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in Vientiane, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the High-Level Forum on Global Anti-Semitism, in New York, 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 UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the informal interactive dialogue on “Mobilizing collective action:  The next decade of the responsibility to protect”, in New York today:

On 6 September 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the entry specified below from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraph 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

On 6 September 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit session on inclusive and interconnected development, in Hangzhou, China, today: