Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the twentieth World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, in Seoul, on 23 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Seventeenth St. Petersburg Economic Forum, in St. Petersburg, from 20-22 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Public Service Day, to be observed on 23 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Refugee Day, 20 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed the appointment of Jean-Paul Laborde (France) as Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) at the Assistant Secretary-General level, following the concurrence of the Security Council. He will succeed Mike Smith (Australia), to whom the Secretary-General is deeply grateful for his dedication and able leadership.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, have appointed Joseph Mutaboba of Rwanda as African Union and United Nations Deputy Joint Special Representative and Deputy Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the China Peacekeeping Military Training Centre in Beijing on 19 June: