Secretary-General

The following statement was issued yesterday by the Spokesperson for United Nations 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 at the press briefing to launch the 2010 report of the Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force, in New York today, 16 September:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Rima Khalaf, a national of Jordan, as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). She succeeds Bader Al-Dafa, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and commitment to the Organization and his leadership of ESCWA at a critical juncture of its work in the region.

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

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event with swimmer Marcos Diaz’s “Swim across the Continents with the United Nations for the Millennium Development Goals”, in New York today, 15 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace, to be observed on 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the panel discussion on “Democracy and the Millennium Development Goals” (on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy), co-organized by the International Conference of New and Restored Democracy and the Permanent Mission of Venezuela, in New York today, 15 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Habitat Day, to be observed on 4 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the First Global Meeting of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group in Kobe, Japan, today, 14 September: