Secretary-General: Press Release

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:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Marco Carmignani of Brazil as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Committee on World Food Security, in Rome today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Executive Board of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), announced today the appointment of Grete Faremo of Norway as Executive Director of UNOPS.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Jessica Faieta of Ecuador as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of María Eugenia (Gina) Casar of Mexico as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary General:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, to the World Conference on Youth 2014, in Colombo today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the launch of the Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, on 6 May 2014: