Press Release

With “Rio+20” just under one year away (4-6 June 2012), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations will host a screening of the film, Rio, with special appearances by director Carlos Saldanha and the cast.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks at the General Assembly development dialogue, in New York on 14 June:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the event organized by the Economic and Social Council and Peacebuilding Commission on promoting durable peace and sustainable development in Sudan and South Sudan, yesterday, 13 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to civil society representatives in Bogota, on 10 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) pledging conference, delivered by Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in London on 13 June:

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

The following statement was issued on 11 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing ceremony for the “Prosperity Agreement” in Cartagena on 11 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing ceremony for the Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, in Bogota on 10 June:

The United Nations Department of Public Information has confirmed the appointment of 19 Secretariat and General Assembly officials who will take on the challenge of leading the 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference, to be hosted by the Incheon Metropolitan City and the United Nations Association of the Republic of Korea.