Press Release

This statement was issued today by the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on the situation in occupied East Jerusalem:

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

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Special Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation in Manila, 17 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:

Experts will try to figure out how to handle growing amounts of solid waste, a problem compounded by ever-rising urbanization, population growth and global rates of consumption, at a meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on 18 and 19 March.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tuberculosis Day, to be observed on 24 March: