Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the UNA-USA Model United Nations, in New York, 13 May:

On the second day of its high-level segment, the Commission on Sustainable Development held three interactive ministerial dialogues today, with the aim of helping the diverse and growing number of stakeholders in the global push to rebalance consumption and production patterns achieve coherence in the transport, chemicals, waste management and mining sectors.

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s statement to the high-level segment of the Eighteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, yesterday, 12 May, in New York:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Day of Vesak, to be observed on 28 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, to be observed on 17 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:

Chairmen of the three main committees of the 2010 Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty presented draft interim reports today, describing substantive work done thus far on issues ranging from the strengthening of nuclear securityto the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, with a view to their inclusion in a final document, expected to be adopted next week at the close of the Review session.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly informal meeting on piracy, in New York today, 14 May:

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization, will hold its annual regional seminar in Noumea, New Caledonia, from 18 to 20 May 2010.

Calling for a shift from good ideas to focused actions without further delay, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Commission on Sustainable Development today that such actions were needed in order to meet the world’s responsibility towards future generations and to implement commitments already made. “We know what we need to do. We know what works,” the Secretary-General said this afternoon as the Commission concluded its eighteenth session.