Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the “Ring the Bell” Campaign, in New York, today, 21 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, to be observed Monday, 27 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Millennium Development Goals Summit event “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future: Partnering to Reduce Child Under-nutrition”, in New York, today, 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Millennium Development Goals Summit side event on the least developed countries, in New York, today, 21 September:

he following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

The progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing States and achieving sustainable development through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy will be reviewed by the 192-member United Nations General Assembly on 24 and 25 September.

With the continuing loss of biodiversity representing a major obstacle to attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations General Assembly will consider strategies for speeding up the implementation of measures to protect and conserve species and ecosystems around the world.

The Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technology and Development (GAID) held a high-level breakfast meeting in New York to launch a set of online tools aimed at providing users around the world with the resources and means to accelerate progress on the Millennium Development Goals at the national level by the target year 2015. The “MDGs eNabler” project is spearheaded by GAID, with support from Governments, private corporations, academia and the civil society.

On the first day of the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the World Bank’s Vice-President for the Africa region, Obiageli Ezekwesili, added their voices to that of the President of the Central African Republic, François Bozizé, to increase international attention for critical peacebuilding and development challenges in his post-conflict country.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level side event on Addressing Peacebuilding and Development Challenges in the Central African Republic, in New York today, 20 September: