Press Release

National institutions that create trust between citizens and the State by delivering political inclusion, security, justice and jobs are the most effective guard against conflict. “Peacebuilding requires great flexibility, and approaches tailored to a given situation. Civilian capacities are crucially important, and we are taking steps to be able to deploy the right experts to the right place at the right time,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The three winners of a speechwriting contest organized jointly by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) of the Department of Public Information and the Brookings Institution will be at Headquarters on 21 September to meet with the Secretary-General.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Maritime Day, to be observed on 27 September:

Homi Kharas, a national of Pakistan was appointed today as Lead Author and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on the global development agenda beyond 2015, which is co-chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.

On Friday, 21 September, the United Nations Department of Public Information will organize the fifteenth student observance of the International Day of Peace under the theme “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future”, which focuses on the use of natural resources to finance armed conflict, or how struggles over control of those resources can fuel conflict.

The General Assembly will hold the first-ever High-level Meeting devoted to the rule of law at the national and international levels on 24 September, a day before the general debate opens.

The new Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, Tin Kyaw, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations, Tuvako Nathaniel Manongi, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations, Sacha Sergio Llorenty Soliz, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.