Press Release

With the goal of injecting new energy into the global effort to implement sustainable development, world leaders will gather at the United Nations today for the inaugural session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled the winning design for the Permanent Memorial in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade during a special ceremony at New York Headquarters today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for the unveiling of the winning design for the permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, in New York on 23 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, at the High-level Event on Supporting Civil Society, in New York, 23 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan, to the African Union Peace and Security Council Meeting on United Nations-African Union cooperation segment on Sudan-South Sudan relations, in New York, 23 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting on United Nations-Africa Union cooperation, in New York on 23 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message for World Maritime Day, to be observed on 26 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the second meeting of the regional oversight mechanisms (11+4) of the Peace and Security Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, in New York, 23 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Forum on Accelerating MDG-5, in New York on 23 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s welcome address at the opening session of “MDG Success: Accelerating Action and Partnering for Impact”, in New York on 23 September: