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Press Release

Press Release

2 August 2016
SG/SM/17954-SC/12471

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, in New York today:

1 August 2016
ENV/DEV/1695

The United Kingdom, followed by Australia and the Republic of Korea, lead the world in providing Government services and information through the Internet, according to a new survey released today by the United Nations showing the progress of nations in promoting e-government.

29 July 2016
SC/12467-IK/714

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan):

29 July 2016
SG/SM/17953-OBV/1643

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, to be observed on 30 July:

28 July 2016
SG/SM/17951

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2016 Junior Chamber International (JCI) Global Partnership Summit, in New York today:

28 July 2016
SG/SM/17952-OBV/1642

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Friendship, observed on 30 July:

28 July 2016
ORG/1635

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) of the United Nations held its thirty-fifth session from 25 to 27 July at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.  The session was presided over by the Chair, J. Christopher Mihm.  All the other members of the IAAC, namely Maria Gracia M. Pulido Tan (Vice-Chair), Patricia X. Arriagada Villouta, Natalia A. Bocharova and Richard Quartei Quartey, were in attendance.

28 July 2016
ORG/1634

The Board of Auditors approved 11 audit reports during its seventieth regular session at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 26 July 2016.

28 July 2016
SG/SM/17949-HR/5324

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

28 July 2016
SG/SM/17950-SC/12466-AFR/3420

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding in Africa, in New York today:

28 July 2016
SG/A/1674-BIO/4866-POP/1053

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Natalia Kanem of Panama as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  She succeeds Kate Gilmore of Australia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization.

26 July 2016
SC/12460

On 15 July 2016, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan were briefed by the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan in connection with the Panel’s work programme.

26 July 2016
SG/A/1673-BIO/4865-PKO/597

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).  Major General Kabir will succeed Major General Kristin Lund of Norway, who will complete her assignment on 29 July 2016.

26 July 2016
SG/SM/17948-AFR/3419

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

25 July 2016
SG/SM/17945

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the League of Arab States Summit, delivered by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy for Yemen, in Nouakchott today:

25 July 2016
ENV/DEV/1693-PI/2178

The United Nations announced that Monica Chelliah has won the Unite Ideas #Electricity4All Python programming challenge.  She was presented with the award during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

25 July 2016
SG/SM/17946-GA/11807-ENV/DEV/1694

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

25 July 2016
SG/SM/17947

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, starting on 29 July:

23 July 2016
SC/12457-AFG/458

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan):

23 July 2016
SG/SM/17944-AFG/457

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