Water is at the core of sustainable development. This year’s observance of World Water Day focuses on the links between water and energy. Both are critical for eradicating poverty. And they interact with each other in ways…

I just had a very good meeting with Foreign Minister Bassil. We discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region. I congratulated him on the vote of confidence for the government. We discussed the outcome of the…

Beirut, Lebanon Friday, 21 March 2014 Good Morning. I just had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Tamam Salam. I congratulated him on the strong vote of confidence the government secured yesterday in Parliament. The way…

New York – The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms yesterday’s attack on a hotel in Bula Burde, Somalia, for which Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility and has caused numerous deaths and injuries…

The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms yesterday’s attack on a hotel in Bula Burde, Somalia, for which Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility and has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The members…

Nowruz is a time when millions of people from Western, Central and South Asia and other regions around the world come together, as they have for over 3000 years, to celebrate the New Year and first day of spring. Inscribed in…

Bangui, 20 March 2014 : Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her mission to the Central African Republic

23 October 2013 - Press conference by the Head of OPCW Media and Public Affairs [Transcript]

6 February 2014 - Secretary-General speaks at joint press-conference regarding 30 June 2014 deadline for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons program Excerpts from press conference >>

13 December 2013 - On a scale of 1 to 10, the fact-finding mission in Syria had achieved 8.7, the chief of the mission charged with verifying the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria said at a Headquarters press…

4 December 2013 - Security Council media stakeout

5 November 2013 - Security Council media stakeout Speaking to the press at UN Headquarters in New York following her first briefing to the Security Council, Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission…