Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to a breakfast meeting with the diplomatic corps, in Seoul, today, 12 August:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Global Model United Nations Conference, in Incheon, Republic of Korea, today, 11 August:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). He will replace Ad Melkert of the Netherlands who served in Iraq since July 2009. The Secretary-General is grateful for Mr. Melkert’s leadership of UNAMI in implementing its mandate under Security Council resolution 1770 (2007) and subsequent resolutions.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a breakfast hosted by Chiaki Takahashi, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, in Fukushima, Japan, today, 8 August: