Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event on “Ending Violence and Criminal Sanctions Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in New York today, 10 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the International Year for People of African Descent, launched at United Nations Headquarters on 10 December:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Susan Rice (United States):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Yukio Takasu of Japan as Special Adviser on Human Security. Mr. Takasu has played a pivotal role in advancing a greater understanding on the notion of human security, both within the United Nations and outside, for more than 10 years. In 2006, Mr. Takasu initiated the formation of the Friends of Human Security, an informal network to follow up the 2005 United Nations Summit Outcome document.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the seventh meeting of the Global Compact Working Group on the Tenth Principle against Corruption in New York, 9 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the seminar on “A Framework for Genocide Prevention” in New York, 9 December:

The United Nations has signed an agreement with the Republic of Korea to establish a new research and training facility on sustainable development.

Saudi Arabia will host a “Workshop on Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) concerning preventing terrorists from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction” in Riyadh on 11-12 December.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December: