Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, in New York, on 9 March, at the memorial ceremony in honour of those killed in the Haiti earthquake:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Martin Kobler of Germany as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan, replacing Peter Galbraith of the United States.

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 6 March, 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 the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)/Equality Now event in celebration of the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Declaration, delivered by Rachel Mayanja, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, in New York, today, 5 March:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fortieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was issued today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirty-fourth United Nations International School-United Nations (UNIS-UN) Conference, “Bioethics: Striking a Balance”, in New York today, 4 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the “MASSIVEGOOD” initiative on innovative finance for health, in New York, 4 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected the members for the new High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing that will work to mobilize the financing promised for climate change during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December. The Secretary-General announced the launch of the Group on 12 February.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level event marking International Women’s Day, under the theme “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities and Progress for All”, in New York today, 3 March: