Secretary-General: Press Release

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Issaka Souna of Niger as Deputy Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  The Mission will be operational on 1 January 2015, immediately after the end of the mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi, pursuant to S/RES/2137 (2014).

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cassam Uteem of Mauritius as his Special Envoy and Head of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB).  MENUB was mandated by Security Council resolution 2137 (2014) adopted on 13 February, and will start its operations on 1 January 2015.

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

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Beijing Forum 2014, held from 7 to 9 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, in New York, 7 November:

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

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday, 29 October.  This was the third leg of a joint visit to the Horn of Africa region, with the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, as well as representatives of the African Union, European Union, African Development Bank, and the Islamic Development Bank.