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 to the high-level event on the implementation of the climate and development agendas, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal high-level event on promoting the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a joint press conference with François Hollande, President of France, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced today the appointment of 10 Heads of State and Government, as well as two Special Advisers, to the High-Level Panel on Water.

The twenty-ninth session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names will convene from 25 to 29 April, at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Conference Centre in Bangkok.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly High-Level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Arab Regional Conference on the Role of Civil Society in Implementing Agenda 2030, as delivered by Sima Bahous, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Doha today: