Press Release

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Pledging Conference for the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic, in Addis Ababa today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 7 to 23 February and 7 to 16 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Michael Bloomberg of the United States as his Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the third meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region, in Addis Ababa today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the inaugural meeting of Scientific Advisory Board in Berlin today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as his new Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), where he will also serve as Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s address to the twenty-second Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa today:

Following is the text of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing today:

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