Press Release

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 François Delattre (France):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew late on Wednesday, 22 June, from New York to Havana, Cuba, to witness the signing of a ceasefire and the laying down of arms between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC-EP).

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Business and Climate Summit, in London today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Yagoub El Hillo of Sudan as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).  He will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks as delivered to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) humanitarian affairs segment on the World Humanitarian Summit, in New York today:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, in Vienna on 27 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the United Nations System Staff College workshop on promoting a culture of change in the United Nations system, held in Turin, Italy, 27-28 June: