Secretary-General

For the position of Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected Wu Hongbo of China, who since 2009 has been Ambassador of China to Germany. Mr. Wu has over 30 years of high-level experience, including close collaboration in international conferences and with multilateral organizations.

For the position of Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal of Austria, who since 2007 has been the Spokesman and Head of the Department for Communication and Information of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Pacific Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism: Current Realities and Prospects, as delivered by Sergei Cherniavsky, Chief, Disarmament and Peace Affairs Branch, Department of General Assembly Affairs, in Quito, Ecuador, 30 May:

Following is the message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the fourth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, delivered by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Astana, Kazakhstan, 30 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, in Paris, 30 May:

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 to the Rio+20 informal consultations on the draft outcome document, in New York, 29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony to Honour Fallen Peacekeepers, in New York, 29 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the wreath-laying ceremony on International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York, 29 May: