Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Amsterdam early on Tuesday, 19 April, after an overnight flight from New York and immediately headed to The Hague by road.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Conference on Chemical Safety and Security in a Technologically Evolving World, in The Hague today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event “Celebrating the Olympic spirit”, in Geneva today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Festival on Language and Culture, in New York, today:

The United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGO) Committee associated 19 non-governmental entities on Thursday, 28 April, bringing to 1,466 the number of organizations working with the Department in the area of communications and outreach.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on receiving the Olympic Cup Award, in Geneva today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Parliament of Austria, in Vienna today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Alain Noudehou, United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative, to the fifth Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia (CICA), in Beijing on 27 April: