Press Release

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event on the consequences of disastrous floods and presentation of needs assessment for affected regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in New York today:

An advanced training course for experts who were nominated by Member States to the roster of the Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons will be held from 9 to 14 June, in Umeå, Sweden.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Setting the Stage for the Post-2015 Development Agenda” concert, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Tomas Anker Christensen, Senior Partnerships Adviser, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, to the GLOBE International Second World Summit of Legislators, in Mexico City, 6 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day on 8 June, being observed under the theme “Ocean Sustainability: Together let’s ensure oceans can sustain us into the future”:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly Meeting to review progress in tackling HIV/AIDS, in New York, 6 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the adoption of a resolution establishing the Nelson Mandela Prize, in New York, 6 June:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairmen of the regional groups of Member States, today informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):