Press Release

The twenty-eighth session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names concluded on 2 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Peter Grohman, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bahrain, to the Conference on Civilizations in the Service of Humanity, in Manama today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the inauguration of Yenching Academy at Peking University, in Beijing today:

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

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, jointly with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Government of the Republic of Turkey, will convene the International Meeting on the Question of Jerusalem on 12 and 13 May 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Centre in Ankara.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly special thematic debate on “Culture and Sustainable Development in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today:

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

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