Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on “Forced Displacement:  A Global Challenge”, in Washington, D.C., today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Los Angeles from New York on Tuesday afternoon, 5 April.

On Tuesday, 12 April, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to New Haven, Connecticut, to give the keynote address at the opening session of the eighth Global Colloquium of University Presidents, which was hosted by Yale University.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva from California, on 8 April, to attend the Geneva Conference on the Prevention of Violent Extremism, held at the Palais des Nations.

Terrorists require money to operate.  Without funding, they cannot purchase weapons, equipment, supplies or services.  Terrorism financing is a global phenomenon that not only threatens Member States’ security, but can also undermine economic development and financial market stability.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a special joint event of the World Federation of United Nations Associations and the New York City Bar Association, in New York, today:

On 6 April 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and Eritrea received a letter dated 6 April 2016 from the Coordinator of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea providing it with new information regarding Mr. Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the open debate of the Security Council on countering terrorism, in New York today: