Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala):

The global launch of the 2013 International Year of Quinoa will take place on 29 October with a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations Academic Impact of the Department of Public Information will then host a symposium on quinoa.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the award ceremony for the “Art for Peace” Contest, in New York on 23 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the inaugural meetings of the Assembly and Council of the Global Green Growth Institute, in Seoul, 23 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the World Energy Forum, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 22 October:

The following statement was issued on 21 October by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

In celebration of the sixty-seventh anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Organization, the 2012 United Nations Day Concert “A Message of Peace featuring United Nations Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder”, will take place on Wednesday, 24 October, at 7 p.m. at the United Nations in New York.

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

The following joint statement was issued on 19 October by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Nabil ElAraby:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on “Global Citizenship in a Changing World”, as prepared for delivery at Drake University in Des Moines, 19 October: