Press Release

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Family Summit +10, as delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), held in Zhuhai, China from 2 to 4 December:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Lise Grande of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its thirty-sixth session at United Nations Headquarters from 20 October to 28 November.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the UN Cares award winners, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the High-Level Policy Forum on Migration of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, to be held in Paris 1-2 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the nineteenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, at The Hague, 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to be observed on 3 December: