Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Korea Society dinner commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, in New York, 2 June:

The focus on biodiversity for tomorrow’s celebration of the 2010 World Environment Day can spur public action to sustain the world’s forests, says Jan McAlpine, Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat. “The theme of this year’s World Environment Day,‘Many Species. One Planet. One Future,’ crystalized the approach that the world must take in sustainably managing the world’s forests.

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts monitoring sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea until 12 June 2011. Acting under the binding Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1928 (2010) maintaining the current mandate of the group that it established on 12 June 2009, when the body also condemned a nuclear weapons test conducted by the east Asian country and toughened the sanctions regime on it.

The Security Council Sanctions Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) welcomes the recent appointment by the Secretary-General of Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada) to serve as Ombudsperson, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009).

The following statement was issued on 5 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the UNA-USA National Convention, as prepared for delivery, in Washington, D.C., 7 June:

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today suspended its 2010 resumed session when it ran out of time to complete consideration of its report; it agreed to ask the Committee on Conferences for additional meeting time in order to wrap up its business for the year.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the “Women Deliver” Conference in Washington, D.C., today, 7 June:

The Secretary-General would like to thank the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, who has accepted his invitation to become Co-Chair of the High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing with immediate effect.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of Mari Yamashita as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Tokyo, Japan. She will assume her new duties in mid-July.