Secretary-General: Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the opening of the Olympic Display in New York on 5 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the third International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, in New York, on 5 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Paul Ignace Mella of the United Republic of Tanzania as the Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the special event marking the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty for signature, in New York, 3 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in Washington, D.C., on 3 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a reception on malaria and the development agenda, co-hosted by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) plenary session on peace and stability, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) high-level luncheon, co-hosted by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Japan, under the theme “Building Climate and Disaster Resilience for African Development”, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) session “Private Sector, Trade and Investment as Engines of Development”, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June: