Statements

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned two improvised explosive device (IED) detonations on civilian vehicles that killed 19 people in Helmand and Badghis provinces in recent days. “The... read more →

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will establish an internal United Nations Board of Inquiry to investigate the deadly 19 September incident involving a UN–Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) relief operation to Urum al-Kubra,... read more →

The world faces growing nuclear dangers and tensions, yet progress in multilateral nuclear disarmament has come to a “standstill,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared in his message on International Day for... read more →

Top United Nations officials have condemned attacks against a UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) aid convoy, as well as a SARC warehouse and health clinic in Urum al-Kubra (Big Orem),... read more →

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has wished all Muslims around the world a blessed and peaceful Eid Al Adha. “Eid Al Adha is a celebration of sacrifice for the common good, family... read more →

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday condemned two separate terrorist attacks which took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, reportedly targeting a Christian neighborhood and a district court, according to... read more →

Marking the 2016 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that the anguished women and men – parents, children, partners or friends – desperately... read more →

Marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the entry into force of a multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes,... read more →

Recalling that eliminating weapons of mass destruction was one of the founding principles of the United Nations and was in fact the subject of the first resolution adopted by the... read more →