Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti ( Brazil):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of UN Women in New York, today, 24 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to meetings organized by the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Tokyo to launch a signature campaign for the start of negotiations for a convention banning nuclear weapons, on 15 February:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to his Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, today, 24 February, in New York:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the 2011 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, in New York, today, 24 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement, delivered by Stephen Mathias, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, on the occasion of the signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing by the Government of Mexico, in New York, today, 24 February:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Global Creative Forum dinner, in Los Angeles, 22 February:

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its thirteenth session from 15 to 17 February 2011. The session, which was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, was presided over by the Chairman, David M. Walker, with all the members of the IAAC in attendance, namely John F.S. Muwanga (Vice-Chairman), Vadim V. Dubinkin, Vinod Rai and Adrian P. Strachan.

The new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Noel Nelson Messone, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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