Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Earth Hour 2016, held on 19 March:

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 message for World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Meteorological Day, observed on 23 March:

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

On 14 March 2016, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan and the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict held joint informal consultations featuring a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, concerning the impact of the armed conflict on children in South Sudan.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the ninth Forum for the Future of Agriculture, in Brussels today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a ceremony marking the International Day of Nowruz, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security:  prevention and resolution of conflicts in the Great Lakes region, in New York today: