Press Release

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment, in New York, today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly event for the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Twelve of the eighteen former members of the Group of Experts that supports the work of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee concluded a two-day meeting in Cape Town,  South Africa.  It was organized by South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council ministerial briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (foreign terrorist fighters), in New York today: