Press Release

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dina Kawar (Jordan):

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the high-level special session on the two water Conventions during the seventh World Water Forum held in Daegu, Republic Of Korea, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Panama City, from New York on Thursday, 9 April, to attend the seventh Summit of the Americas.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the appointment of British Actor Daniel Craig as the United Nations Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and other Explosive Hazards, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Annual United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Directory Book Reception, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, to the fifty-fourth annual session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), taking place in Beijing from 13-17 April 2015:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dina Kawar (Jordan):

The United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2015 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize.  The Prize, newly established by the General Assembly through its resolution 68/275 of June 2014, will be presented once every five years as a tribute to the outstanding achievements and contributions of two individuals, one female and one male.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Universal Postal Union Strategy Conference, taking place from 13 to 14 April 2015 in Geneva: