Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has established the United Nations Zika Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund to finance critical unfunded priorities in the response to the Zika outbreak.

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

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its thirty-fourth session from 4 to 6 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Climate Action 2016, in Washington, D.C., today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta (Egypt):

On 29 April 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic received briefings by the Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and a representative of the European External Action Service of the European Union (via video teleconference) regarding the establishment of the European Union training mission in the Central African Republic.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the sustainability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairpersons of the regional groups of Member States, has informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Erik Solheim of Norway as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on health care in armed conflict, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the award ceremony for the United Nations Poster for Peace contest, in New York on 3 May: