Press Release

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Meeting in Support of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Sheraton Hotel Istanbul Ataköy, from 25 to 26 May.

“Our task this morning is simple — to look at the way forward,” Donatus St. Aimee (Saint Lucia), Chairman of the Special Committee on Decolonization, said today as that body began the final session of its Pacific Regional Seminar on Implementation of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Conference: “Continental Integration of Africa as a Prerequisite for Political, Social and Economic Development”, in Bologna, Italy, today, 21 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, observed on 25 May:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks to the General Assembly during its thematic debate on human security, today, 20 May, in New York:

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

The following statement was issued yesterday, 19 May, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization continued its deliberations today at its Pacific Seminar on the Implementation of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, discussing challenges in the Pacific, Caribbean and elsewhere, as well as the broader role of the United Nations in the decolonization process.