Secretary-General: Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level panel on the commemoration of the end of the Second World War, in Gdansk, Poland, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Families, observed on 15 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the G7 Stakeholder Conference on Climate Risk Insurance, held in Berlin today:

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for the planting of the “Tree of Peace and Unity” to commemorate the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the United Nations, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Virginia Gamba, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the launch of the Global Zero Action Corps, today, in Washington, D.C.:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a high-level General Assembly thematic debate on strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Piper of Australia as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.

Following is the joint message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for World Press Freedom Day, observed today: