Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki, 9 August:

NEW YORK, 9 August (United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs) — On 15 July, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf commenced its thirty-second session, which will continue until 30 August.

The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea is deeply concerned by the continuing trade in Somali charcoal as reported by the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (document S/2013/413).

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Youth Day, 12 August, under the theme “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward”:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the twelfth Youth Assembly, in New York, 7 August:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Miguel de Serpa Soares of Portugal as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, to be observed on 9 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of peace and security, in New York today, 6 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, in Hiroshima, 6 August: