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6 May 2016

SG/SM/17735-AFR/3373

Amid Court Order for Partial Re-run in Comoros, Secretary-General Reiterates Support for Peaceful, Credible Elections

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

5 May 2016

SG/SM/17733-ENV/DEV/1668

All Sectors of Society Must Collaborate, Innovate, Invest to Fulfil Paris Agreement Goals, Secretary-General Tells Climate Action Summit

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Climate Action 2016, in Washington, D.C., today:

4 May 2016

SC/12352

Security Council Sanctions Committee on Central African Republic Meets with European Union on Training of Central African Republic Armed Forces

On 29 April 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic received briefings by the Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and a representative of the European External Action Service of the European Union (via video teleconference) regarding the establishment of the European Union training mission in the Central African Republic.

4 May 2016

SG/SM/17732-PAL/2201-REF/1229

Palestine Refugee Agency’s Budget Uncertainties Add Needless Extra Suffering, Anguish, Secretary-General Says in Remarks on UNRWA’s Sustainability

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the sustainability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in New York today:

4 May 2016

SC/12350-AFR/3371

Security Council Press Statement on South Sudan

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17729-SC/12348

Condemning Attacks on Hospitals as War Crimes, Secretary-General says Security Council Must Press All Parties to Respect Humanitarian Obligations

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on health care in armed conflict, in New York today:

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17731-DC/3630

Task of Finally Eliminating Nuclear Weapons May Fall to Young People, Says Secretary-General, at ‘United Nations Poster for Peace’ Award Ceremony

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the award ceremony for the United Nations Poster for Peace contest, in New York on 3 May:

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17727-PI/2167

Secretary-General, at World Information Society Summit, Says Closing Connectivity Gap Critical to Advancing Sustainable Development Agenda

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016, in Geneva today:

3 May 2016

SG/A/1655-ENV/DEV/1667

Secretary-General Announces Intention to Appoint Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has started the process of consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau, and has informed of his intention to appoint Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.