Press Release

The new Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations, Lois Michele Young, today presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, Francis Deng, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly in New York today, 18 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Church of the Holy Family in New York on 17 September:

Yuriy A. Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal and Administrative) on 4 September.

Miguel Berger, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on 4 September.

Noel Nelson Messone, Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 4 September.

George Wilfred Talbot, Permanent Representative of Guyana, was elected Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) for the General Assembly’s sixty-seventh session on 4 September.

Desra Percaya, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 4 September.