Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the Global Forum on Youth Policies, in Baku, Azerbaijan on 28 October:

Having arrived in Israel from Egypt on Sunday, 12 October, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled by car from Jerusalem to Ramallah on Monday morning, 13 October.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Israel from Egypt on Sunday evening, 12 October.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo from Tripoli, Libya, late on Saturday evening, 11 October.

At the invitation of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon was held in the presence of Prime Minister Tammam Salam preceding the ministerial “Conference on the Syrian refugee situation — supporting stability in the region”, on 28 October in Berlin.  Participants recalled their previous statements, including that issued after the last meeting of the Group which was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 26 September in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Day official reception, in Djibouti today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), to the Security Council’s open debate on women, peace and security, in New York today:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the new office facilities at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, in Addis Ababa today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Derek Plumbly, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, to the International Support Group for Lebanon, in Berlin today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, to be observed 2 November: