Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing at the informal meeting of the General Assembly, 9 May, in New York:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Director General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 9 May:

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

On 8 May 2012, the Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee decided to remove the name of the one individual below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of a de-listing request submitted through the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and after considering the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.

The United Nations is staging a special concert on Tuesday, 15 May, in the General Assembly Hall featuring reggae, jazz, hip-hop, percussion and other musical styles with African roots.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the Atlantic Council, “The Great Transition”, Washington, D.C., 7 May:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the lunch hosted by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in Washington, D.C., 7 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “Building and Sustaining Peace — The UN Role in Post-Conflict Situations”, in Washington, D.C., 7 May: