Press Release

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks at the High-level Interactive Dialogue on Water Cooperation, in New York, today, 22 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Regional Conference on the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Asia and the Pacific, held in Kathmandu, 22-23 March:

The following statement to the press was issued today by Security Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation):

On 25 March 1985, Alec Collett was abducted by armed men while on assignment in Lebanon for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). For more than 24 years, his wife and family hung onto hope and prayer until his body was finally found and identified in 2009. Alec Collett’s fate symbolizes the fate of too many staff members who have “disappeared” or have been detained for long periods while serving the United Nations.

The United Nations will participate in Earth Hour 2013 by turning off the lights at its offices around the world for one hour on Saturday, 23 March, in a symbolic gesture to support action on climate change and demonstrate its commitment to reducing its own carbon footprint.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Water Day, observed on 22 March:

The text of the Secretary-General’s remarks at the cultural evening organized in honour of La Francophonie is not available in English.

On 20 March 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated the entry specified below to its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and/or asset freeze.