Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message to the forty-first plenary Assembly of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, held in Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to the second Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety, held in Brasilia, 18-19 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the second UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes today’s action by the General Assembly to elect Filippo Grandi of Italy as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Toilet Day, observed on 19 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on security, development and the root causes of conflicts, in New York today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Lawrence Skinner of the United States as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Group of 20 (G20) working lunch on development and climate change, in Antalya, Turkey, today:

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