Press Release

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Health Day, to be observed on 7 April:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon’s message to the Economic Community of Central African States extraordinary summit on the Central African Republic in N’djaména, Chad, 3 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, originally delivered partially in French, at the Museum of Oceanography in Monaco on 3 April:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Stephen Cutts of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Central Support Services in the Department of Management.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in New York on 2 April: