Press Release

Márta Horváth Fekszi, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents on New Technologies for Meeting Global Challenges, at Yale University yesterday, 14 January:

A regional workshop to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 2 to 4 February will aim to promote the building of national- and regional-level capacity to advance full implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).

The following Security Council statement was read out today by Council President Zhang Yesui (China):

As news of the devastating earthquake dramatically underlines the urgency of broad support for humanitarian relief and assistance, the United Nations is launching a new website designed to match the needs of entities of the Organization with the resources and capacities of the private sector.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the General Assembly on the emergency in Haiti, in New York today, 13 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on Haiti and on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, in New York today, 13 January:

The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon statement on the Haiti earthquake, issued in New York yesterday, 12 January:

The following Security Council press statement was read out by Council President Zhang Yesui (China) today, 13 January:

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