Secretary-General: Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony for the International Day of Peace, in New York, 21 September:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Mark Bowden of the United Kingdom as his Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. Mr. Bowden will also serve as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Maritime Day, to be observed on 27 September:

Homi Kharas, a national of Pakistan was appointed today as Lead Author and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on the global development agenda beyond 2015, which is co-chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly in New York today, 18 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Church of the Holy Family in New York on 17 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly in New York, today, 17 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York, 17 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the sixty-sixth session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, 17 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, to be observed on 27 September: