Press Release

After a long and intense journey, the Umoja design and build phases are coming to fruition. Umoja (Foundation) was completed within the schedule, budget and functionality approved by General Assembly resolution 67/246. Today, Umoja went live with a pilot deployment at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the launch of the Global Innovation Index, in Geneva, 1 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, in Geneva, 1 July:

KINGSTON, 1 July — To ensure that the voices of Caribbean States are heard at the 2014 Conference of Small Island Developing States, representatives of Caribbean States will gather in Kingston, Jamaica, from 2 to 4 July to determine common concerns, exchange experiences and lessons learned, and discuss regional perspectives and positions for the Conference.

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), jointly inaugurated the Caribbean Regional Armoury Management Training Centre in Port-of-Spain on 28 June.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the donor award ceremony in memory of late Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al Saud, in New York, 28 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Population Award ceremony in New York on 28 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Event on the Death Penalty, in New York, on 28 June:

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the high-level opening on “Vienna+20: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives”, in Vienna, Austria, 27 June: