Following is the full text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks to the UNA-USA Global Classrooms Event as delivered in New York on 14 May:

The Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons held its third session from 4 to 15 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This was the last of three sessions of the Preparatory Committee that will be held prior to the 2010 Review Conference.

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at the first working session of the third meeting of the Danish Africa Commission in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 6 May:

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at a panel discussion at the University of Copenhagen on 7 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks at the commemoration of the Day of Vesak, 15 May:

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

Concluding its annual two-week session this afternoon, the Committee on Information called on the United Nations Department of Public Information to continue to strengthen its role as the indispensable voice of the Organization by boosting awareness of a raft of current issues, increasing multilingualism, re‑evaluating all programmes and enhancing efficiency.

An art and photographic exhibition created by indigenous people from around the world will open with a formal ceremony and reception on Tuesday, 19 May, at 6:15 p.m. in the Main Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby. It will remain on display until 30 June.

The Security Council this afternoon condemned the recent renewal in fighting in Somalia led by Al-Shabaab and other extremists, which constituted an attempt to remove the legitimate Transitional Federal Government there, and demanded that opposition groups immediately end their offensive, put down their arms, renounce violence and join reconciliation efforts.