Press Release

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Happiness, observed on 20 March:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

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, as prepared for delivery, at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level event “The Time is Now!  Let’s End Harmful Practices against Women and Girls by 2030”, in New York today:

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

NEW YORK, 16 March (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR) is calling for applications for rapid response funding to emergency situations in the field of weapons management.

On 14 March 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea adopted its second implementation assistance notice entitled “Summary of arms embargo restrictions in place for Somalia and Eritrea, including exemptions”.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council, “Are Human Rights under Assault?”, in New York today:

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