Press Release

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

The following Security Council press statement on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was read out today by Council President Nawaf Salam (Lebanon):

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, “Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: The Power of Parliaments”, in New York, 6 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a special session of the General Assembly to commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in New York, 6 May:

The following statement was issued on 5 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Increased globalization, urbanization and rising prosperity around the world are taking an ever greater toll on the world’s ecosystems, according to two reports issued to coincide with the opening of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a screening of Countdown to Zero, in New York, 5 May:

The membership of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group, which is entrusted with assisting in the preparations for the annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, has been renewed. A total of 56 members, 3 among them new, have been appointed. The Advisory Group members are from all stakeholder groups, representing Governments, private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities, representing all regions.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on opening the exhibition “Putting an End to Nuclear Explosions”, in New York, 4 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to Mayors for Peace, in New York today, 4 May: