Press Release

Drawing on the lessons of responses to H5N1 avian influenza and H1N1 pandemic influenza, ministers and senior officials from more than 70 countries today agreed on the way forward in responding to avian influenza, preparing for pandemics and tackling newly emerging infectious diseases.

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will hold its first video conference with students in seven countries in Latin America to help promote Holocaust education, today, 21 April.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, 25 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Mother Earth Day on 22 April:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Norman Girvan of Jamaica as his Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed to the General Assembly the re-election of António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres of Portugal as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a further term of five years, effective 15 June.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the ninth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York, 19 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the thematic debate of the United Nations General Assembly on disarmament and world security, today, 19 April, in New York:

The Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the three entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 25 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008).

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, today, 16 April, in New York: