Press Release

A United Nations meeting on the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects for States of the Pacific region will be held on 22 and 23 June in Sydney, Australia.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Refugee Day, to be observed on 20 June:

At a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York, which will last three days, from 17 to 19 June, countries will hold in-depth discussions for the first time since the establishment of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, on the implementation of the outcomes of the Consultative Process, including a review of its achievements and shortcomings in its first nine meetings.

The Council of Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations held its second Special Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 15-17 June 2009 at the invitation of Han Seung-soo, President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and current Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly HIV/AIDS Review, in New York today, 16 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the late President Bongo of Gabon, in New York today, 16 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Cyberhate: Danger in Cyberspace” seminar, in New York today, 16 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the High-Level Dialogue: Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, in Manila today, 16 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Geneva today, 16 June: