Secretary-General

Following is the toast of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the official dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, in honour of the participants at the high-level meeting of reform and transitions to democracy in Beirut, Lebanon, 14 January:

Following is the address of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivered at United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Headquarters, Naqoura, Lebanon, 14 January:

The following statement was issued by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 14 January:

The following statement was issued on 13 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Derek Plumbly of the United Kingdom as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe as Deputy Special Representative (Political) in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen of Denmark as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Management) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), replacing Mari Simonen, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, delivered by Anthony Banbury, Assistant Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, in Port-au-Prince on 12 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on the United Nations-African Union Partnership in Peace and Security, in New York on 12 January: