SG/SM/15952-TAD/2061
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the twelfth special session of the United Nations Trade and Development Conference (UNCTAD) Trade and Development Board, in Geneva today:
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SG/A/1477-BIO/4600-PKO/413
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
SG/A/1476-BIO/4599*-HR/5196
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following approval by the General Assembly, has appointed Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan as the next High Commissioner for Human Rights.
SC/11442
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):
PA/14
Participants thanked the Government of Italy for hosting the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the auspices of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the preparatory Senior Officials Meeting held in Rome on 10 April 2014.
SG/SM/15951-AFR/2912
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
SG/SM/15950-PBC/97
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Peacebuilding Day:
SG/SM/15949
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
SG/A/1475-BIO/4598-PKO/412
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Luciano Portolano of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
SG/SM/15948-IK/675
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: