Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Bank event on “Talking about the Data Revolution”, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly following adoption of the resolution on staff mobility, 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 to the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council joint thematic debate on “The role of partnerships in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., 9 April:

The Government of South Africa will host a workshop in Pretoria from 10 to 11 April — facilitated by the Institute for Security Studies, with support from the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa — to assist English-speaking States in preparing their initial reports pursuant to Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors.

United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas will be coming to Headquarters for the launch of a book entitled Action for Disarmament: 10 Things You Can Do! on 15 April from 11 to 11:45 a.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the high-level event “Celebrating Cairo, Going Beyond”, on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) High-Level Event, in New York today: