Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania):

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:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks upon receiving an honorary degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event on “The Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Economic and Social Council annual Partnerships Forum, “The role of Partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Making it Happen”, in New York today: 

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