Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval (Argentina):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the first substantive informal session of the preparatory process for the third International Conference on Financing for Development, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks of commemoration at the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observance event, in New York today:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its thirty-sixth session from 20 October to 28 November.

The Government of Cambodia, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a regional workshop on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) for member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Asia Society’s “Game Changer” Awards, in New York today:

I thank my good friend Josette Sheeran for her leadership of the Asia Society since taking the helm last year.  She made remarkable contributions to the United Nations when she was “one of us”, and she will always be a part of the UN family.  It is a pleasure to join you this evening.

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 message, delivered by Annika Savill of the United Nations Democracy Fund, to the fourth High-level Meeting of the Inter-regional Dialogue on Democracy held in Washington, D.C., from 16 to 17 October:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President María Cristina Perceval (Argentina):