Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East, in New York today:

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

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Global Infrastructure Forum, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Haoliang Xu, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to the high-level side event on Afghanistan during the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Spring Meetings, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, in Washington, D.C., today:

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.