Press Release

On 25 November 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities removed the name below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, today in New York:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Mary Robinson, his Special Envoy on Climate Change, in Malta today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Annual Democracy Forum 2015 on the theme “Accountability as a Central Element of Deepening Democracy”, in Berne, Switzerland today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mooon’s message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:

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:

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

NEW YORK, 24 November (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, with the financial support of the Government of Germany, are jointly organizing a workshop on capacity-building for the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, to be held in Manila, 25-26 November.

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