Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the eleventh Asia Media Summit, taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 6 to 8 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Peter Grohman, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bahrain, to the Conference on Civilizations in the Service of Humanity, in Manama today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the inauguration of Yenching Academy at Peking University, in Beijing today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today:

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

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

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

Following consultations with the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Secretary-General is pleased to reappoint Anthony Lake as Executive Director of UNICEF.

Following is a joint message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Irina Bokova on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, under the theme “Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, to be observed on 3 May: