Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the Special High-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD), in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a briefing for Member States on the World Humanitarian Summit in New York today:

Closing its forty-eighth session this evening, the Commission on Population and Development failed to adopt a draft resolution that had been prepared by its Chair after several days and nights of intense negotiations.

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Monetary and Financial Committee, in Washington, D.C., on 18 April:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dina Kawar (Jordan):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Development Committee, in Washington, D.C., today:

NEW YORK, 17 April (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — A delegation supporting the work of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee has concluded a four-day visit to Zambia, conducted upon invitation by the Government.

More than 2,000 indigenous participants from all regions of the world are expected to attend the fourteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 20 April to 1 May, where Members of the Permanent Forum will engage with indigenous peoples, United Nations Member States, and United Nations agencies.