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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Carole Wainaina of Kenya as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Department of Management.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

With the Ebola virus claiming the lives of 200 people each day, most of them women, world leaders at a high-level Headquarters meeting Thursday implored the international community to swiftly ramp up the response to the epidemic ravaging West Africa before it turned into a humanitarian catastrophe.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting on Somalia held in New York today:

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 high-level summit on foreign terrorist fighters, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, to be observed on 26 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s address “From turmoil to peace” to the General Assembly, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the South-South Awards Reception, in New York today:

Following is the message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon to the Appeal of Conscience Foundation World Statesman Award Ceremony in New York today: