Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), to the Thirty-Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, held in Bujumbura, on 4 December:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cristina Gallach of Spain as Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Abdallah Al Dardari, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), to the thirteenth Annual Conference of the Arab Thought Foundation, in Skhirat, Morocco, 3 December:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-level International Conference on the Destruction of Heritage and Cultural Diversity in Iraq and Syria, in Paris on 3 December:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:
Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for World Soil Day and the launch of the International Year of Soils, to be observed on 5 December:
Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the Orchestra for Peace concerts in The Hague, to be held 3–4 December:
Following is an introductory statement by the Secretary-General to a film highlighting the importance of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, launched at the eighth Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva 3-5 December:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the meeting of significant faith leaders against modern slavery and human trafficking, held in the Vatican City today:
