Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the book, Moving Away from the Death Penalty, in New York today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address “What is Next for UN Peace Operations?”, as prepared for delivery, at a workshop hosted by the United States Institute for Peace with the Better World Foundation and Stimson Center, in Washington, D.C., today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Geneva from Madrid on Friday evening, 30 October.

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

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s lecture, “A Conversation on the United Nations in the New Global Landscape”, as prepared for delivery, at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to the International Forum on Energy Transitions, in Suzhou City today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the workshop “Fast-Tracking the End of the Aids Epidemic: Celebrating Success, Strengthening Resolve”, in Washington, D.C., today:

Between 27 and 29 October, the Governments of Morocco and Spain conducted “Gate to Africa”, a joint exercise designed to strengthen their national capabilities on security of radioactive material in transport, in this case, radioactive sources used for cancer therapy, by sea.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the 100^th Anniversary of the Junior Chamber International World Congress, in Kanazawa, Japan, from 3-8 November:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled to Madrid to participate in the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of Spain’s membership in the United Nations.