Press Release

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, to be observed on 15 October:

This is the text of a video message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Business and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions, taking place in Seoul from 11-13 October:

This is the text of a video message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the International Conference on a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, being held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 11-13 October:

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark, today, 11 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of Rwanda as Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Farid Zarif of Afghanistan as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the World Tourism Organization General Assembly Ministerial Round Table “Fostering Growth and the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals through Tourism, Culture and Sports”, in Gyeongju on 10 October: