Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Ministerial Meeting, in Brussels, today, 15 October:

Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations and United Nations officials will explore practical measures to alleviate the disproportionate burden of unemployment on young people as well as inadequate opportunities for decent work when they meet at New York Headquarters to commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 18 October, under the theme “From Poverty to Decent Work: Bridging the Gap.”

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the African Union Ministerial Launch of the African Women’s Decade in Nairobi, today, 15 October:

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

The following statement was issued on 13 October by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The United Nations Board of Auditors held its sixty-fourth regular session during the period 19-21 July to review and approve the audit reports of the Board which are due to be tabled during the current session of the General Assembly and other legislative/governing bodies. A total of 24 reports were discussed and approved, 18 of which will be deliberated upon in the coming days by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the General Assembly.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the first meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in New York, 13 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding, today, 13 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark World Food Day, to be observed on 16 October: