Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awards Ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, New York, 29 May:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in New York, Friday, 29 May:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Watkins of Canada as his Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, where he will also serve as United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator. Mr. Watkins replaces Bo Asplund of Sweden, who will be completing his assignment this summer. The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Asplund for his dedicated service for the past two years.