Press Release

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, to the High-Level Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Financial and Commodity Markets, 11 April, in New York:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the eighteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, delivered on 11 April:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 11 April:

A two-day conference to be held in New York City later this month, “Envision 2012: Stories for a Sustainable Future”, will focus on developing a better global future with opportunity for all, building on three key issues: just and sustainable cities; clean water; and green energy.

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is announcing the launch of the redesigned website of the 1540 Committee, http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540. The work has been carried out in cooperation with the Department of Public Information.

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 9 April by Council President Susan Rice (United States):

The United Nations Academic Impact will observe the annual International Day of Human Space Flight on Thursday, 12 April, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Day, only in its second year of observance, will provide an opportunity for the international community to highlight the role of outer space as the province of all humankind for peaceful purposes and common benefits.

The following statement was issued on 9 April by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 7 April by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: