Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, observed on 17 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Kodjo Menan (Togo):

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its Caribbean Regional Seminar in Quito, Ecuador, from 28 to 30 May.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the International Forum on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, in The Hague on 16 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Rebeca Grynspan, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, to the High-level Conference on Support and Development of Mali, in Brussels, on 15 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York, on 15 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the reception marking the fiftieth Anniversary of Kuwait joining the United Nations, in New York, on 14 May:

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

The following statement was issued on 11 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: