Press Release

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

A blue-ribbon report released ahead of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in Istanbul, from 9 to 13 May, says that these countries can break out of a decades-long poverty trap, with determined national action and international support.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s Remarks at the “Living Legacy” Concert, in New York, 25 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Oscar Fernandez Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the United Nations Latin American and Caribbean Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in Montevideo, 29 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the situation in Libya and the implementation of Security Council resolution 1973 (2011), in London, 29 March:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Health Day, 7 April, on the theme "Combat Antimicrobial Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow":

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the seventeenth Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda, observed 7 April:

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