Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, in Paris, 30 May:

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

NEW YORK, 30 May, Office for Disarmament Affairs — In May, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, provided a set of small arms destruction equipment to Belize and trained national officers on the use of the equipment.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Rio+20 informal consultations on the draft outcome document, in New York, 29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers, in New York, 29 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the wreath-laying ceremony on International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York, 29 May:

The following statement was issued on 28 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

With less than one month to Rio+20, the next round of negotiations between Governments to forge the outcome document for the major global conference on sustainable development will take place at the United Nations from 29 May to 2 June.

The following joint statement was issued 26 May by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan: