Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Nelson Mandela Day, observed on 18 July:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Beijing from New York on the evening of 6 July.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Youth Skills Day, observed on 15 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel, to the event marking International Criminal Justice Day, in New York today:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex] Conference, held in Montevideo from 13 to 15 July:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Alessandra Vellucci of Italy as Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, a field office of the Department of Public Information that provides service to the United Nations Office at Geneva and to Switzerland.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, in New York today: