Press Release

The new Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations, Vladimir Drobnjak, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nickolay Mladenov of Bulgaria as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

On 29 July 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated the entry specified below to its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and asset freeze.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Speciosa Wandira-Kasibwe of Uganda as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the ceremony marking bike rack donation by the Netherlands, on 31 July, in New York:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, in Nairobi, 31 July:

A delegation of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee’s Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation wrapped up its three-day visit to Grenada today, having been invited by the Government.