Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the fifty-ninth regular session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, in Vienna, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the award ceremony for the UN Energy Grant, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace, 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the opening of the twenty-first session of the World Tourism Organization General Assembly, held in Medellin, Colombia, 12 to 17 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Youth Summit, in New York, today:

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

A training course for national points of contact of States in the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) took place in Qingdao, China, from 7 to 11 September.  The course, hosted by the Government of China on behalf of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee, was the first of its kind.  The 1540 Committee hopes that the course, which is an excellent example of the regional approach it favours, will be replicated in other regions of the world.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the informal briefing to the General Assembly on the report of the Secretary-General on the Future of Peace Operations, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September: