Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the occasion of the “Music for Peace” event, delivered by Maher Nasser, Acting Head, Department Of Public Information, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointments of Marcel Rudasingwa of Rwanda as Ebola Crisis Manager for Guinea, Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands as Ebola Crisis Manager for Liberia and Amadu Kamara of the United States as Ebola Crisis Manager for Sierra Leone.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day of the Girl Child, to be observed 11 October:

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 World Mental Health Day, to be observed on 10 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Tadamichi Yamamoto of Japan as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Simon Munzu of Cameroon as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire.

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 message as part of a video featuring various leaders marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Paralympic Committee:

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