Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on 6 February:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the Supporting Syria and the Region conference, in London today:

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, as prepared for delivery, during a visit to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as prepared for delivery, upon receiving an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the briefing on the High-Level Panel Report on Humanitarian Financing, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño (Venezuela):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Cancer Day, observed on 4 February:

World Cancer Day, always an opportunity to rally the world, has special impetus this year thanks to the recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to usher in a life of dignity for all people.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Second International Meeting of Global Action against Mass Atrocity Crimes, in Manila today: