A regional workshop to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 2 to 4 February will aim to promote the building of national- and regional-level capacity to advance full implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Bo Schack of Denmark to serve as his Deputy Special Representative in the Central African Republic. Mr. Schack will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General (retired) Jasbir Singh Lidder of India as his Deputy Special Representative for the Sudan.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Georg Charpentier of Finland as his Deputy Special Representative for the Sudan and United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in that country.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s briefing by the African Union High-level Panel on the Sudan, in New York today, 21 December: