Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the World Maritime Day theme for 2011: “Piracy: Orchestrating the Response”, in London, 3 February:

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

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

Following is the 2011 Cyril Foster Lecture, on “Human Protection and the Twenty-First Century United Nations”, delivered by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s at Oxford University on 2 February:

As part of the ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, more than 30 ministerial-level participants today committed themselves to better highlighting the vital role of forests in addressing complex challenges of economic and social development — in particular at the highest levels of the global agenda.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim on 1 February:

Overcoming nagging problems with its innovative but often-frustrating “Paperless Computer System”, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today, after reverting to traditional printed documentation, was able to recommend to the Economic and Social Council seven civil society groups for consultative status, while it postponed consideration of nine groups pending receipt of answers to questions posed.

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

As it concluded its ninth session this afternoon, the United Nations Forum on Forests strongly urged the international community to use the International Year of Forests, 2011, to raise awareness of the diverse benefits of woodlands to human life and to accelerate their sustainable management.

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 13 civil society groups for consultative status in the work of the Economic and Social Council, while it postponed its consideration of 16 other applications.