Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the launch of Arirang TV on the United Nations In-House Network, in New York on 14 July:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Forum on Financing for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, in Addis Ababa today:

On 14 July 2015, the Secretary-General appointed Catherine Marchi-Uhel (France) to serve as Ombudsperson pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), to assist the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities in its consideration of requests for removal from the Committee’s Sanctions List.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the opening of Third International Conference on Financing for Development, in Addis Ababa today: 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek flew on Sunday, 5 July, from New York to Oslo, Norway, to participate in the Global Launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 and the Oslo Summit on Education for Development.

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

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) of the United Nations held its thirty-first session from 8 to 10 July.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Bank event “Billions to Trillions — Ideas to Action”, in Addis Ababa today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Youth Skills Day, observed on 15 July: