Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS, in New York on 10 June:

The Secretary-General today appointed His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan as the new Chairman of his Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the University of Denver graduate commencement ceremony, in Denver on 7 June:

The twenty-third Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 10 to 14 June.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom):

In this week, which saw the opening for signature of the Arms Trade Treaty, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs launched the multi-donor United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR). The Facility will work closely with complementary international assistance initiatives to ensure better coordination, coherence and information sharing.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado, United States, on 7 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day, 8 June:

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: