Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rauf Engin Soysal of Turkey as Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan.

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 ministerial meeting on Security Council resolution 1325: A Call to Action, at Headquarters today.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, today launched a United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security, an important new mechanism to enhance strategic cooperation between the two organizations in preventing and resolving conflicts.

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the reception held by La Francophonie in New York today, 24 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the United Nations-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Ministerial Meeting, in New York, today, 24 September:

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Meeting on Sudan, in New York, today, 24 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Annual Coordination Meetingof Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, delivered by Shaaban M. Shaaban, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, in New York, 24 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing statement to the High-Level Meeting on Revitalizing the Work of the Conference on Disarmament and Taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations, in New York, 24 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ministerial meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends, in New York, 24 September: