Press Release

The International Year of Youth is being launched today in the General Assembly Hall with an eclectic event of speeches, musical performances, videos and poetry. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be on hand with welcoming words to kick off the Year, which runs from 12 August 2010 to 11 August 2011 under the theme “dialogue and mutual understanding”.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a monument to Korean victims and survivors in Hiroshima, 6 August:

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a ceremony marking International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, in New York, 9 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the naming of the Israeli and Turkish members of the Panel of Inquiry on the flotilla incident of 31 May 2010, issued on 7 August:

An exhibition of youth photographs entitled, “Visual Voices: Youth Perspectives on Global Issues” will open in the South Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 12 August to mark the International Year of Youth.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a new High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability that brings together some of the world’s leading policymakers and thinkers to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable growth and low-carbon prosperity for all on a planet under increasing strain, not least from climate change.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in New York, 9 August: