Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Millennium Development Goals Summit side event on the least developed countries, in New York, today, 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Millennium Development Goals Summit event “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future: Partnering to Reduce Child Under-nutrition”, in New York, today, 21 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, to be observed Monday, 27 September:

The progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing States and achieving sustainable development through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy will be reviewed by the 192-member United Nations General Assembly on 24 and 25 September.

he following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes today’s action by the General Assembly to quickly approve Carman Lapointe-Young of Canada as Under-Secretary-General for the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the “Ring the Bell” Campaign, in New York, today, 21 September:

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

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Millennium Development Goals Summit High-Level Event “Towards Universal Energy Access”, in New York today, 21 September:

As the General Assembly gathered for the second day of its high-level review of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, presidents, ministers and other officials urged that concrete measures be devised to assist those countries that had fallen behind in the fight against extreme deprivation.