Secretary-General

The following statement was issued on 25 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 24 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as Chief Military Observer and Head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He will replace Major General Kim Moon Hwa of the Republic of Korea, who completed his assignment on 27 November.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Watkins of Canada as Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative. The new Deputy Special Coordinator succeeds Marta Ruedas of Spain, who will complete her assignment at the end of the year.

The following statement was issued today 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:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery to the Security Council’s informal meeting with youth, in New York today, 21 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the closing ceremony for the International Year of Biodiversity, delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Kanazawa, Japan, 18 December:

The following statement was issued on 18 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: