more facing danger as deployments reach record high, Secretary-General says

in remarks at wreath-laying ceremony for United Nations peacekeepers day

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICER IN SUDAN

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS FRANCIS DENG OF SUDAN AS SPECIAL ADVISER

FOR PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS MYANMAR OPPOSITION LEADER’S HOUSE ARREST EXTENSION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN L. AGWAI OF NIGERIA

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN

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

Secretary-General congratulates srgjan kerim on election

 

as president of sixty-second General Assembly session

 

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’

IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the donor round table conference on Burundi, held in Bujumbura, 24-25 May:

REVERSING INTOLERANCE, CROSS-CULTURAL TENSIONS VITAL TO PEACE, STABILITY,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR BUDDHISM’S DAY OF VESAK

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the Day of Vesak, to be observed on 29 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES RECORD-HIGH DEPLOYMENT AS HE HONOURS FALLEN HEROES

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA DAY, URGES STRONGER INSTITUTIONAL

PROMOTION OF PEACE, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May: