Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the World Future Energy Summit opening, in Abu Dhabi, 16 January:

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Sha Zukang, today welcomed the publication of the first draft of recommendations titled, “The Future We Want”, that will form the basis for negotiations by countries in the lead-up to the Rio+20 meeting in Brazil in June this year.

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address, as delivered, at the high-level meeting on reform and transitions to democracy, in Beirut, Lebanon, 15 January:

Following is the toast of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the official dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, in honour of the participants at the high-level meeting of reform and transitions to democracy in Beirut, Lebanon, 14 January:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifteenth ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), read by Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, in N’Djamena, 15 January:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Baso Sangqu (South Africa):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Investor Summit on Climate Risk and Energy Solutions, delivered by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning, in New York on 12 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on the United Nations-African Union Partnership in Peace and Security, in New York on 12 January:

In a year characterized by mass protests and other challenges to entrenched leadership that frequently provoked violent reactions, the Security Council continued in 2011 to grapple with the question of protecting civilians in a manner consistent with the United Nations Charter, as the 15-member body remained seized of a wide range of conflicts, the birth of South Sudan, the Palestinian application for membership in the Organization and other developments.