Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day of Vesak, observed 9 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as delivered in Nicosia by Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, today, 6 May:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Gregory B. Starr of the United States as Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security. Mr. Starr will replace David Veness.

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.

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its annual regional decolonization seminar in Saint Kitts and Nevis from 12 to 14 May. It will be the last Caribbean seminar conducted in the framework of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010).

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, with the agreement of the Government of Cyprus, will convene the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace on 6 and 7 May at the Hilton Park Hotel in Nicosia. Mandated by the United Nations General Assembly, the theme of the Meeting is “Action by European, Arab and other parliamentarians and their umbrella organizations for Israeli-Palestinian peace”.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Congress, delivered by Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, in Cartagena, 4 May:

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