Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace, beginning on 13 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the American Film Institute tribute to Michael Douglas on 11 June:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Moustapha Soumaré of Mali as his Deputy Special Representative for Recovery and Governance of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Mr. Soumaré will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, to be observed on 17 June:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the election of Ali Abdussalam Treki as President of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, in New York today, 10 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level special session of the Peacebuilding Commission on Sierra Leone in New York, 10 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Scientific Studies Conference in Vienna today, 10 June:

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