Press Release

Normans Penke, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 10 June.

Park In-kook, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, was elected Chair of its Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 10 June.

José Luis Cancela, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 10 June.

Ali Abdussalam Treki was elected President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 10 June 2009.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Church of the Holy Family in New York, today, 14 September:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon was issued today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of "UN Ideas That Changed the World", published by the UN Intellectual History Project, in New York today, 14 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifty-third session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, delivered by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, in Vienna today, 14 September:

In continuing efforts to promote and support innovations in public service delivery worldwide, the United Nations is calling for nominations for its 2010 Public Service Awards.

The new negotiation training workshop for delegates at United Nations Headquarters will take place in New York on 14‑15 September as the Olof Palme Memorial Fund and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) join forces once more to strengthen the skills of developing-country diplomats in the field of multilateral negotiations.