Press Release

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay):

New York, 22 January 2016 (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) — A three-day meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York brought together experts from around the world to identify best practices and recommend ways to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from New York on Sunday afternoon, 17 January.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Zürich Development Conference, in Zürich today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at a breakfast meeting on the World Humanitarian Summit, in Davos, Switzerland, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child, who will help provide leadership and inspire actions for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the universal Sustainable Development Goals agenda.

At least 51 United Nations and associated personnel were killed in the line of duty during the course of 2015, according to the United Nations Staff Union’s Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service.

As the United Nations marks the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on Wednesday, 27 January, a memorial ceremony will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall at New York Headquarters.