Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Haile Menkerios (South Africa) as his Special Representative for the Sudan. Mr. Menkerios will succeed Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (Pakistan), who has served as the Special Representative for the Sudan since 4 September 2007.

The Commission for Social Development is to address social integration when it holds its forty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters from 3 to 12 February.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s toast at a luncheon hosted by Mehmet Ali Talat, Turkish Cypriot leader, in Cyprus, 1 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement at a press conference with Cypriot leaders Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, including a joint statement which he read on their behalf, in Cyprus today, 1 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the event marking the Centenary of the birth of U Thant in New Delhi today, 1 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s toast at a dinner hosted by President Dimitris Christofias of Cyprus, on 31 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on arrival in Cyprus, 31 January:

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 31 January, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Summit of the African Union entitled “An Agenda for Prosperity and Peace”, in Addis Ababa, 31 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a meeting on Sudan hosted by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in Addis Ababa on 31 January: