Press Release

The thirtieth Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 26 to 30 April.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in observance of the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 26 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the special event to mark the International Year on the Rapprochement of Culture, in New York, today, 21 April:

Drawing on the lessons of responses to H5N1 avian influenza and H1N1 pandemic influenza, ministers and senior officials from more than 70 countries today agreed on the way forward in responding to avian influenza, preparing for pandemics and tackling newly emerging infectious diseases.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the People’s World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights, delivered by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on 20 April in Cochabamba, Bolivia:

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will hold its first video conference with students in seven countries in Latin America to help promote Holocaust education, today, 21 April.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Mother Earth Day on 22 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, 25 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the thematic debate of the United Nations General Assembly on disarmament and world security, today, 19 April, in New York:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the ninth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York, 19 April: