Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General’s remarks at a panel on “Best Practices and Challenges in Implementing a Moratorium on the Death Penalty”, 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, as prepared for delivery at the United Nations Global Compact Board Meeting in New York today:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the National Model United Nations of the Republic of Korea, taking place in Seoul from 2 to 5 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Joint High-level Segment of the Meetings of Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and Its Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, in Maastricht, Netherlands, today:

The members of the Security Council expressed profound sorrow and condemned in the strongest terms the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager from East Jerusalem on 2 July, and extended their condolences and sympathies to the family of the victim of this heinous act and to the Palestinian people.

NAIROBI, 2 July — Ahead of the closing today of the United Nations Seminar, participants considered mobilization of global assistance to the Palestinian people and its effective use for sustainable growth in the context of a new aid paradigm, hearing that foreign aid might not be the key to unlock development, as many had thought.

NAIROBI, 2 July — The United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, held at the United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi from 1 to 2 July, focused today on the Palestinian National Development Plan 2014-2016, titled “Long-term strategies of the State of Palestine for Economic Development and Growth”.