Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the International Conference on Measuring Sustainable Development, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Global Citizen Earth Day concert, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the opening of the Seventh World Water Forum in Daegu, Republic of Korea, 12 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General Remarks at the climate change event at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the high-level special session on the two water Conventions during the seventh World Water Forum held in Daegu, Republic Of Korea, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon´s remarks at the CEO Summit of the Americas under the theme, “Working Together:  Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development”, in Panama City today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General’s video message to the ICLEI World Congress 2015 (a conclave of over 1,000 cities, towns and metropolises committed to building a sustainable future), taking place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 8 to 12 April:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the General Assembly’s high-level interactive dialogue on the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” — Progress achieved and lessons learned for sustainable development, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Earth Hour 2015, observed on 28 March: