Press Release

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Annual Peacebuilding Fund Stakeholders Meeting, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on the afternoon of Sunday, 14 June.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as delivered, to the plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, France, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the second Annual Session of the Peacebuilding Commission, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the second Business for Peace Annual Event:  Building Peace, Realizing Sustainable Development, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):

New York, 22 June — Member States at the United Nations have agreed to develop a legally binding instrument to conserve and sustainably use marine biological diversity of areas beyond their national borders.

The following announcement was made today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon: