Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS), delivered by Yukio Takasu, Under-Secretary-General for Management, today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fortieth ministerial meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC), delivered by Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), in Luanda today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Brussels, Belgium, from Dublin, Ireland, in the afternoon of Tuesday, 26 May.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Ireland from Viet Nam on Sunday morning, 24 May.

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

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 Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Hanoi from Seoul on Friday, 22 May.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Seoul on Monday, 18 May, where he told reporters at the airport that, during this visit, he would hold talks with President Park Geun-hye and other senior officials of the Republic of Korea on development, climate change and regional concerns.  He also said he looked forward to addressing the Asia Leadership Conference, as well as the Seoul Digital Forum.

At its sixth formal meeting on 29 May 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan met with representatives to the United Nations of the Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Libya.