Press Release

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Security Council on the theme “Central Africa: the Impact of Illicit Weapons on Peace and Security”, today, in New York:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, on 25 March:

The following statement was issued today in Moscow by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the New Energy Finance Summit, held in London, 17-19 March, delivered by Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations today, 18 March:

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

Faced with the urgent need to reverse the decline of certain fish stocks, such as tuna, oceanic sharks and cod, preparations are under way to review the effectiveness of a key international treaty aimed at conserving and managing these fisheries.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Special High-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, World Trade Organization and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in New York today, 18 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the screening of "Invictus", in conjunction with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 16 March, in New York:

The following Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire was read out today by Council President Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (Gabon):