The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

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:

The Secretary-General is in Panama today where he will address the seventh Summit of the Americas.  This Sunday, he will be in Qatar to deliver an opening address at the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

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

Concluding the first of its Coordination and Management meetings for 2015, the Economic and Social Council today elected 17 members to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality for three-year terms, beginning 1 January 2016.

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the international launch of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message, as delivered by Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, in Beijing today:

The Secretary-General has appointed a Panel of external experts to conduct an interim independent assessment of the system of administration of justice at the United Nations.  The establishment of the Panel responds to a request by the General Assembly in its resolution 69/203 of 18 December 2014.

The international community must continue to support dialogue between the Malian parties to achieve a political solution to the crisis to which they would all adhere, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations told the Security Council this morning.