Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at Maitama Hospital in Abuja on 22 May:

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

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered the financing requirements of two special political missions, as well as revisions to the way in which Member States contributing troops to United Nations peacekeeping operations were reimbursed for their equipment.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to private sector and civil society leaders, in Abuja, Nigeria, 23 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery at a breakfast meeting with the Governors’ Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, 24 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dutse Makaranta primary health care centre, in Abuja, Nigeria, 23 May:

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today voted to deny the granting of consultative status for the International Lesbian and Gay Association, thus closing its application after 10 years of repeated deferral.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May:

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

Wrapping up what the United Nations Secretariat called one of its “most successful sessions” since the 1990s, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) adjourned its resumed 2011 session today, having taken note of its draft report, to be adopted at a later date.