Press Release

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for the planting of the “Tree of Peace and Unity” to commemorate the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the United Nations, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Virginia Gamba, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the launch of the Global Zero Action Corps, today, in Washington, D.C.:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a high-level General Assembly thematic debate on strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, in New York today:

On 22 April 2015, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic held a meeting with the representatives of the Central African Republic and a number of regional States with a view to improving the implementation of the sanctions measures imposed by resolutions 2127 (2013) and 2134 (2014), as renewed by resolution 2196 (2015).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Piper of Australia as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the opening of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, in New York today:

Following is the joint message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for World Press Freedom Day, observed today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a high-level retreat with heads of regional and other organizations, at Greentree in New York today: