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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Leonard Muriuki Ngondi of Kenya as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Abdullah al Matouq of Kuwait as his Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait. The Secretary-General looks forward to Mr. Al Matouq working closely with the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs to build stronger partnerships in Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
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In the late afternoon of Monday, 19 November, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from Sana'a to Cairo to start a shuttle mission to help secure a ceasefire between Gaza and Israel.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sana'a on the morning of Monday, 19 November, after leaving New York late on Saturday, 17 November, on a flight to Dubai, where he stopped overnight. The Secretary-General spent the day in Yemen to mark the first anniversary of the 23 November conclusion of the Yemen Peace and Transition Agreement and lend his personal support to that transition process.
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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:
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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in New York today:
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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Aeneas Chapinga Chuma of Zimbabwe as his Deputy Special Representative for Recovery and Governance of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Mr. Chuma will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative.
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration ceremony for the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna today:
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: