In progress at UNHQ

Secretary-General: Press Release

24 April 2014

SG/SM/15791-GA/PAL/1292

Costs of Walking away from Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks Higher Than Pain of Compromise, Secretary-General Warns Round Table

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michael Moeller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the United Nations Round Table on the Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine, in Geneva on 24 April:

24 April 2014

SG/SM/15790-DEV/3083

Secretary-General, in Message, Commends Meeting on Model Institutions for Showing ‘a Better Way Forward’ to Protecting Future Generations

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Meeting on Model Institutions for a Sustainable Future, being held in in Budapest from 24 to 26 April:

24 April 2014

SG/SM/15789-DEV/3082-PI/2082

Leveraging Value of Knowledge-Based Economies Helps Promote National, Regional, Global Development, Secretary-General Tells Conference

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Ibrahim El-Ziq, Resident Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Resident Coordinator ad interim in Saudi Arabia, to the Conference on the Knowledge-based Economy and its Role in National Development, being held in Riyadh on 24-25 April:

23 April 2014

SG/SM/15788-PI/2081

Realizing Internet’s Promise Means Expanding Access to 4.3 Billion People without It, Secretary-General Tells Governance Forum

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial) in São Paulo today:

17 April 2014

SG/T/2955

Activities of the Secretary-General in Mexico, 14-15 April

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from New York to Mexico City on Monday, 14 April, to attend the first High-Level Meeting of Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.

17 April 2014

SG/SM/15787-AFR/2867

Don’t Let Extremists Destroy Children’s Future, Says Secretary-General in Radio Appeal to People of Central African Republic

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s radio message to the people of the Central African Republic on 17 April:

17 April 2014

SG/SM/15786-OBV/1327

Secretary-General Says, in Message for World Malaria Day, that Disease Still Kills More than Half a Million People Annually

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, to be observed on 25 April:

17 April 2014

SG/SM/15785-ENV/DEV/1426-OBV/1326

Human Consumption of Planet’s Resources Unsustainable, Secretary-General Says in Mother Earth Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Mother Earth Day, to be observed on 22 April:

17 April 2014

SG/SM/15784

Secretary-General, Encouraged by Diplomatic Talks on Ukraine Crisis, Calls for Continued Engagement, Good-Faith Efforts from All Sides

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

17 April 2014

SG/SM/15783-AFR/2866-PKO/395

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Attack against Civilian Protection Site in South Sudan, Calls on Government to Ensure Safety

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