The new Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to the United Nations, Patricia Ann “Paddy” Torsney, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level briefing to Member States on the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York today:

Protest-related human rights violations in Ukraine must be urgently investigated and verified, and security forces must maintain public order in accordance with human rights standards, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović told the Security Council today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the twentieth commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda event, in New York today:

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

A group of diverse artists will discuss creative ways of conveying the universal lessons of the Holocaust through the powerful medium of the arts on 28 April, at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Mother Earth Day, to be observed on 22 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, to be observed on 25 April: