Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Abiodun Oluremi Bashua of Nigeria as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks at a press conference on the launch of the report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, entitled “Global Estimates 2014: people displaced by disasters”, in New York today:

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 at the opening of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the fifty-third anniversary of the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the new Climate Economy Commission Report, in New York today:

On 10 September 2014, the Security Council’s 2140 Sanctions Committee met to discuss the interim report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen, presented by its Coordinator.

Proposing a package of measures to "fundamentally change the dynamics" in Gaza, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council this morning that it was critical to act swiftly while a fragile ceasefire held.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Academy Award-nominated actor and committed environmental activist, Leonardo DiCaprio, as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.