Press Release

Five seemingly ordinary people who have done extraordinary work for their communities and forests are being recognized as “Forest Heroes” at a special “Forests for People” award ceremony that will take place on Wednesday in Istanbul. The awards are being presented as 197 member States meet at the tenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the third Review Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, in The Hague on 8 April:

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 to the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur, held in Doha, 7 to 8 April:

NEW YORK, 8 April (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The 2013 Group of Governmental Experts on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, established by the Secretary-General under General Assembly resolution 66/39, commenced its work in Geneva on Monday, 8 April, to review the Register’s continuing operation and further development.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, upon acceptance of the New Economy Forum Award, in Madrid, 5 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda, to be observed on 7 April:

ISTANBUL, 5 April— Recognizing that healthy forests support a broad range of economic development activities, all 197 Member and observer States of the United Nations Forum on Forests will meet in Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 to 19 April, for the tenth session of the Forum to consider a range of measures to improve sustainable forest management.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the High-level Consultation on Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition in the Post-2015 Development Framework, in Madrid, 4 April: