Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day of South-South Cooperation, to be observed on 12 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the eighty-fifth anniversary of the donation by John D. Rockefeller to endow the League of Nations Library, in Geneva, 10 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 10 September:

The following statement was issued on 8 September by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Sally Fegan-Wyles of Ireland as Acting Head of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Ms. Fegan-Wyles will replace Carlos Lopes, who has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, to be delivered by Abou Moussa, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), to the mini-Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, in Kampala on 7-8 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the General Assembly observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, in New York on 6 September:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the fifth International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, held in Jeju Province, Republic of Korea, 6-15 September:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of James W. Rawley of the United States as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. Mr. Rawley will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Moustapha Soumaré of Mali as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).