Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations International School (UNIS) graduation ceremony, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level conference:  “UNRWA@65:  Sustaining Human Development and Protecting Rights of Palestine Refugees”, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia):

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 to the High-Level Event on the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day of Vesak, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the conference on “The Notion of Progress in the Diversity of World Cultures”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the release of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, in Ottawa, today:

Twelve of the eighteen former members of the Group of Experts that supports the work of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee concluded a two-day meeting in Cape Town,  South Africa.  It was organized by South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May: