Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the event to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and to launch the Oceans Compact in Yeosu, Republic of Korea, on 12 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Humanitarian Day, to be observed on 19 August:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch the Oceans Compact — an initiative to strengthen United Nations system-wide coherence in delivering on its oceans-related mandates — on Sunday, 12 August, in Yeosu, Republic of Korea.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Global Forum on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education in Nagasaki today, 10 August:

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in New York today, 9 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Consuelo Vidal, Resident Coordinator in Iran, to the Consultative Meeting on Syria, in Tehran today, 9 August:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch a new independent global network of research centres, universities and technical institutions to help find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental, social and economic problems.

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 Nagasaki, today, 9 August: