Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on opening the exhibition “Putting an End to Nuclear Explosions”, in New York, 4 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to Mayors for Peace, in New York today, 4 May:

Following is UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s message to the opening ceremony of the Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in Tegucigalpa today, 4 May:

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Desmond Parker of Trinidad and Tobago as Chief of Protocol, effective from 1 April 2010.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the 2010 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in New York, 3 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks, as prepared for delivery, to an international conference “For a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World”, at Riverside Church, New York, on 1 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s video message for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in Action: Tunisia — a Kerkennah Fisherman Office of Legal Affairs DVD for the Shanghai World Expo, broadcast on 1 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2010, “One World, One UN”, in Shanghai, 1 May-31 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced today the appointment of Ivan Šimonovic as Assistant Secretary-General to head the New York Office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced today the appointment of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator and Director of the Partnerships Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Kaag will replace Bruce Jenks, who has retired from service after a long and distinguished career with UNDP.