Press Release

The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2014 of the United Nations International School will take place at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 3 June, in the United Nations General Assembly Hall.

The global road safety crisis has reached an alarming magnitude, with more than 1.3 million people killed on roads every year, and one of the first steps towards addressing the issue would be acceding to and effectively implementing existing United Nations road safety agreements and conventions.

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 on World No Tobacco Day, to be observed on 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the Summit on Maternal, New-born and Child Health: “Saving Every Woman, Every Child: Within Arm’s Reach”, in Toronto, Canada, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the designation of Yiping Zhou of China as his Envoy on South-South Cooperation.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Oh Joon (Republic of Korea):

Students from the Bronx High School of Science in New York will present their recommendations for world action to prevent atrocity crimes at the first ever Model United Nations simulation on the Holocaust and Genocide Prevention, to be held on 2 June.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Conferences on Ending Sexual Violence, to be held in Zagreb today, and in London from 11 to 13 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the XVII Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, in Algiers, held on 28 and 29 May: