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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) plenary session on peace and stability, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) high-level luncheon, co-hosted by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Japan, under the theme “Building Climate and Disaster Resilience for African Development”, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) session “Private Sector, Trade and Investment as Engines of Development”, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) thematic session “Towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, in Yokohama, Japan, on 2 June:

The following statement was issued on 1 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), in Yokohama, Japan, on 1 June:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s closing speech to the twelfth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York on 31 May:

The following statement was issued on 30 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Thomas Gass of Switzerland as Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Sandra Honoré of Trinidad and Tobago as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.