Africa

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Roger A. Meece of the United States as his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Mr. Meece will succeed Alan Doss of the United Kingdom.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons remarks to national actors, delivered in French, in Bujumbura, Burundi, 9 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered in French, at his meeting with the Burundian Battalion of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Bujumbura, Burundi, today, 9 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Augustine P. Mahigaof the United Republic of Tanzania as his Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS). Mr. Mahiga replaces Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah ( Mauritania) who has served in the position from September 2007.

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the War Victims Day Football Event, in Kampala, Uganda, 30 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Parliament of Malawi, in Lilongwe on 29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the forty-fifth annual meeting of the African Development Bank and thirty-sixth meeting of the African Development Fund, delivered by Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in Abidjan, 27 May:

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