Press Release

BONN, 3 September — At a press conference following the opening session of the sixty-fourth annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference, Kiyo Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, as well as keynote speakers and other major spokespersons, made remarks and answered questions about the three-day Conference.

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

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 for the International Day of Peace, to be observed on 21 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Literacy Day, to be observed on 8 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) on “Development and People’s Access: Deliver the Fruits of Development to the People”, in Nanning, China, today, 2 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, to the China-Africa People’s Forum in Nairobi on 29 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy for HIV/AID in Asia and in the Pacific, at the opening ceremony of the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, in Busan, Republic of Korea, on 26 August:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Hervé Ladsous of France as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, replacing Alain Le Roy.

The sixty-fourth annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) has attracted an unprecedented number of registered participants from more than 100 countries and territories. With more than 2,200 registered participants from hundreds of organizations around the world expected in Bonn, Germany, from 3 to 5 September, the Conference has set a new attendance record for DPI/NGO conferences.