Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s speech as prepared for delivery to the opening ceremony of the Think Tank on Trade and Landlocked Developing Countries, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 27 July:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, as delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Rio de Janeiro, on 27 July:

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s speech to a gathering of senior Government officials and academics at Government House, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 27 July:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the eighth contingent of Mongolian Peacekeepers, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 26 July:

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations Global Compact Board members, delivered today in New York by his Deputy Chef de Cabinet, Kim Won-soo:

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 at an event with alumni of the Advanced Leadership Programme, in Beijing, today, 24 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on climate change at the “Green Lights” programme launch in Beijing, today, 24 July:

In a letter dated 21 July 2009 to the President of the Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon conveyed the agreement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to appoint Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba of Rwanda as the Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) with effect from 1 September 2009.

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