Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the United Nations Climate Change Summit Plenary, in New York, 22 September:

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

Small arms experts from West African nations gathered in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, from 14 to 18 September to participate in a capacity-building workshop focusing on implementation of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons.

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony, today, in New York:

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

Following is the text of remarks made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the student observance of the International Day of Peace, today, in New York:

Following is the text of opening remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at a press conference on “Voices of the Vulnerable: the Economic Crisis from the Ground Up” and the Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System, delivered today, 18 September:

The severity and pervasive character of the economic crisis continues to push millions of people into poverty and is reversing some of the hard-won development gains of the past decade, states a new United Nations report on the impact of the crisis.

The following is a statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: