Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued on 8 August by Council President Gérard Araud (France):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on Mali, in New York, today, 8 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Youth Day, to be observed on 12 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Abou Moussa, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), to the Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region on the Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Kampala today, 7 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, in Hiroshima, today, 6 August:

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, today, 6 August:

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

This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August) will shine a spotlight on indigenous media — television, radio, film and social media — and their role in helping to preserve indigenous cultures, challenge stereotypes and influence the social and political agenda.