Press Release

A group of diverse artists will discuss creative ways of conveying the universal lessons of the Holocaust through the powerful medium of the arts on 28 April, at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the twentieth commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda event, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level briefing to Member States on the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York today:

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

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene a United Nations Roundtable on Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine on 24 and 25 April at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Security Council meeting to mark the twentieth commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda, in New York today:

The new Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to the United Nations, Patricia Ann “Paddy” Torsney, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Cristián Barros Melet, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, Francisco Cortorreal, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations, Khiane Phansourivong, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.