Press Release

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

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

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its annual regional seminar in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 31 May to 2 June.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and the High-Level Panel on Girls’ and Women’s Education for Empowerment and Gender Equality, in Paris on 26 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by El‑Mostafa Benlamlih, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia, to the Sixteenth Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, in Bali, 25 May:

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

The ninth annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on 29 May. It will be a particularly sombre occasion this year due to the loss of life in an attack on a United Nations compound in Afghanistan, a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in incidents and accidents elsewhere in recent months.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union on Peace and Security Issues in Africa in Addis Ababa, 25 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Asia Media Summit, taking place in Hanoi from 24-25 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May: