Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Ocean’s Day, observed on 8 June:

The following statement was issued on 4 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the parliamentary election to be held in Timor-Leste, 7 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Second Meeting of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 3 June:

Negotiators concluded the last round of “Rio+20” preparatory talks in New York on Saturday, making progress that will pave the way for many outcomes and initiatives on major global sustainability issues later this month at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly plenary meeting on human security, in New York, 4 June:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Economic and Social Council and Peacebuilding Commission on job creation for young people, in New York, 4 June:

NEW YORK, 4 June (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — A regional workshop on implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) will be hosted by the Government of Lithuania in Vilnius from 5 to 6 June.

Following are the closing remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Istanbul II Conference on Somalia, in Istanbul, 1 June:

Following are the opening remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Istanbul II Conference on Somalia, in Istanbul, 1 June: