Following is the text of the statement issued today in Trieste, Italy, by the Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, in New York today, 24 June:
The States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea today heard briefings by the heads of the three bodies established by the treaty -- the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, International Seabed Authority and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf -- as they continued their annual session.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on receiving the Polio Champion Award from Rotary International, in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on Sunday, 21 June: