Press Release

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

ISTANBUL, 19 April — With crucial negotiations on global forestry issues headed into the final stretch, the chief of the United Nations Forum on Forests told reporters today that the intergovernmental body would wrap up its work in Istanbul having “broken new ground” on a range of measures to improve sustainable forest management.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a Ministerial Dialogue on Sustainable Development and Climate Change Financing, as prepared for delivery, in Washington, D.C., 19 April:

The thirty-fifth annual session of the Committee on Information, the intergovernmental body charged with reviewing progress in the field of United Nations public information, will take place at Headquarters from 22 April to 2 May.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana (Rwanda):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced the members of the Advisory Board for the “Sustainable Energy for All” initiative, launching a major new phase of activity for the global public-private partnership.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the first meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board, in Washington, D.C., on 19 April:

NEW YORK, 19 April (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, invited the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts to undertake a visit to the country from 17 to 19 April.

New trends in global migration show considerable changes in the size, direction and complexity of migration, both within and between countries over the past 20 years, and the reasons behind that shift will be the main focus of discussion during the forty-sixth session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, to be held at Headquarters from 22 to 26 April.