Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the international response to the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly meeting commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York, 25 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Awareness Day, to be observed on 2 April:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Luiz Eduardo Ramos Pereira of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland as Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).

The General Assembly, in its resolution 65/37 of 7 December 2010, approved the convening by the Secretary-General of the twenty-seventh session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in New York from 7 March to 21 April 2011. The periods from 7 to 25 March and from 11 to 21 April are allocated for the technical examination of submissions at the Geographic Information System laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Libya, in New York, 24 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the dedication ceremony for the exhibit of petitions from “Mayors for Peace”, in New York, 24 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed on 25 March: