Secretary-General: Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Hiroute Guebre Sellassie of Ethiopia as his new Special Envoy for the Sahel and Head of Office.

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 are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World Press Freedom Day (3 May) observance held in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the interactive dialogue of the President of the General Assembly on Elements for an Accountability Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Charles Radcliffe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the launch of the United Nations Free & Equal campaign, in Mumbai on 30 April:

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 Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) in Libreville, Gabon.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for handing over United Nations documents to the Central African Republic today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the fourth annual Freedom Online Coalition Conference: Free and Secure Internet for All, in Tallinn, Estonia, on 28-29 April: