Secretary-General

The following statement was issued on 3 May 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:

The following is a message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as delivered by Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), to the Astana Economic Forum, in Kazakhstan, today, 3 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, to be observed on 3 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement in New York today following the news of Osama bin Laden’s death:

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

The following statement was issued on 28 April by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Geeta Rao Gupta, a United States national born in India, as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Ms. Rao Gupta will succeed Saad Houry. The Secretary-General would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Houry for his exceptional service and commitment to UNICEF.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), to the First Global Ministerial Meeting on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-Communicable Disease Control, in Moscow on 28-29 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, as delivered by Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia, in Helsinki, Finland, 28 April: