Press Release

Further to the announcement of 2 and 8 March 2012 on senior appointments, the Secretary-General has selected Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

As the United Nations marks the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on 25 March, personnel of the Organization are still detained by Governments or in the hands of armed groups, according to the United Nations Staff Union.

A multimedia exhibition to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will open in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby on Tuesday, 27 March at 6 p.m.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Malaysia Peacekeeping Training Centre, in Port Dickson on 22 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon s remarks on “The United Nations and Malaysia in a Changing World”, as prepared for delivery at the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur on 22 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Global Human Development Forum, delivered by Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, in Istanbul on 22 March:

The following statement was issued on 22 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom):

It is a pleasure to join you today and I thank the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan for organizing this event. I also commend Tajikistan for sponsoring the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation in the General Assembly, and for its longstanding leadership on water issues.