United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has started the process of consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau, and has informed of his intention to appoint Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairpersons of the regional groups of Member States, has informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Erik Solheim of Norway as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on health care in armed conflict, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016, in Geneva today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Amsterdam early on Tuesday, 19 April, after an overnight flight from New York and immediately headed to The Hague by road.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Tribeca Film Festival reception for the screening of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Conference on Chemical Safety and Security in a Technologically Evolving World, in The Hague today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Lise Kingo, Executive Director of the Global Compact, to the 2016 Business for Peace Summit honouree dinner, in Oslo, today: