Secretary-General: Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on international cooperation in combating terrorism and violent extremism, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Second International Conference on Nutrition, in Rome, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the conference: “United against Violence in the Name of Religion: Protecting Religious and Cultural Diversity in Iraq and Syria”, as delivered by Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, in Vienna, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Hearing, in New York, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Brisbane, Australia, from Myanmar, late in the evening of 14 November.

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, delivered by Miguel Trovoada, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), to the Extraordinary Meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Lenni Montiel of Venezuela as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.  He succeeds Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan.  The Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs are grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, to the third meeting of the ministerial coordination platform for the Sahel, held in Bamako today:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, from New York, via Incheon, late in the evening of 11 November, to attend the twenty-fifth annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.