United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Turin on Thursday, 28 August, where the following morning he opened a two-day retreat with about 60 senior United Nations officials, Under-Secretaries-General and Assistant Secretaries-General coming from New York Headquarters as well as Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi.

launching report by mdg gap task force, Secretary-General underscores need

for quantitative, qualitative shift in efforts to halve extreme poverty

IN REMARKS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT KEY

PRINCIPLES FOR ENHANCING COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION

 

MWANAWASA’S PRESENCE WILL BE MISSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TRIBUTE TO LATE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA

 

Biographical Note

BAN KI-MOON, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, brings to his post 37 years of service both in Government and on the global stage.

Secretary-General’s video message for historic paris dpi/ngo conference

 

Secretary-General welcomes launch of Cyprus negotiations

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the launch of negotiations on Cyprus, as delivered by Alexander Downer, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, in Nicosia today, 3 September:

Secretary-General, in message to mark international day for preservation of ozone

layer, urges utmost effort in ‘creating tomorrow’s green economy’ today

Secretary-General deeply saddened by plane crash in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Secretary-General, in remarks at expo zaragoza, stresses need to tackle existing

challenges, emerging threats in meeting global water, sanitation goals

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Water Tribune in Zaragoza, Spain, yesterday, 1 September: