Press Release

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of the International Day of Vesak, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General’s Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Mary Robinson of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate.

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

NEW YORK, 20 May (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — Improving international measures to address the decline in straddling and highly migratory fish stocks resulting from overfishing in the world’s oceans will be the focus of concern at a conference to be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 23 to 27 May.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Honorary Degree Ceremony at Marymount Manhattan College, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the “Women Deliver Conference 2016”, in Copenhagen today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld medal ceremony, in New York today: