Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-Level Event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment, in New York, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May:
The Secretary-General has appointed Eugene Owusu of Ghana as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), who will also serve as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country.
The Security Council this morning welcomed what it called “extraordinary efforts” by States to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to and from conflict zones, while urging stepped-up work on the issue due to growing recruitment by extremist groups, from more than 100 countries.
As key drivers of change in the post-2015 era, the world’s 1.2 billion young people must be bolstered by robust national policies and innovative solutions to the challenges they faced, speakers told the General Assembly as it held a commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth today.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council ministerial briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (foreign terrorist fighters), in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly event for the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, in New York, today:
