Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the opening of the “Beneath the Carob Trees” exhibition on the work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, in New York today:
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned the execution of three men by authorities in Gaza today. They were carried out without the approval of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as required under Palestinian law, effectively denying these men the right to seek pardon or commute their sentence.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Rie Kadota, Senior Political Affairs Officer, Decolonization Unit, Department of Political Affairs, to the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization, in Managua today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Security Council’s visiting mission to East Africa and its efforts to build stronger relations with the African Union were among the highlights of its work in May, members said today, as the 15-member organ held its monthly “wrap-up” meeting.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth United Nations DPI/NGO [Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization] Conference, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth DPI/NGO Conference Youth Caucus Event, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, on 30 May:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Joint High-Level Symposium on the 2030 Agenda, co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations country team in China, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for European Green Week, 30 May to 3 June:
Expressing its deep concern at the failure of South Sudan’s leaders to end hostilities and fully implement the agreement on resolving the conflict in that country, the Security Council today renewed until 31 May 2017 a package of sanctions — including a travel ban and asset freeze — imposed by resolution 2206 (2015) on those blocking peace, security and stability.
