Secretary-General: Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Bahous will replace Amat Alsoswa.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Ms. Gilmore will replace Purnima Mane. The Secretary-General is grateful to Ms. Mane for her dedicated service to UNFPA.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the impact of transnational organized crime on peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel, in New York on 21 February:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twelfth special session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, delivered by Assistant Secretary General Amina Mohammed, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP, in Nairobi, 20 February:

The following statement was issued on 19 February by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are the remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fifteenth anniversary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), delivered in Vienna, 17 February:

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to Vienna Community “Empowering People in a Changing World”, delivered in Vienna 16 February: