Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York, 24 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at a press conference for the Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York, 24 June:

The Department of Public Information has launched the 2010 edition of its “Citizen Ambassadors to the United Nations” campaign, which utilizes new media and social networking websites to engage global audiences on the work of the United Nations.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at “Korea Night” in New York, 23 June:

Acting on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly this afternoon adopted a peacekeeping budget of $7.2 billion for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks to the ministerial session of the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, yesterday, in New York:

Businesses and global corporations were stepping up their efforts to become more ethical, sustainable and responsible at just the right moment, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, hailing good corporate citizenship as one of the keys to overcoming complex and interlinked crisis — from financial market meltdown to environmental degradation — and to unlocking long-term growth and development for all.

After hearing petitioners on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) as well as a statement by the Foreign Minister of Argentina, the Special Committee on Decolonization recommended today that the General Assembly reiterate its call for direct negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom over that Non-Self-Governing Territory.

Meeting in a special event on the beleaguered nation of Haiti today, the Economic and Social Council heard updates on the start-up last week of the Interim Haitian Reconstruction Commission and the steering committee for its companion fund, and considered ways to optimize the coordination and coherence of its own actions for the country, which first found its way onto the Council’s agenda in 1999.

The following Security Council press statement on Burundi was issued today by Council President Claude Heller (Mexico):