Secretary-General

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an intensified focus on priorities, political will and partnership to achieve the Millennium Development Goals this morning, as he launched a report that showed a mix of progress and obstacles in reaching the anti-poverty targets. “This report shows that economic uncertainty cannot be an excuse to slow down our development efforts. It is a reason to speed them up,” he said, introducing the major findings of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2010.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed 26 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Public Service Day, to be observed 23 June:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly thematic debate: “UN Peacekeeping — Looking into the Future” in New York, 22 June:

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

The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Joan Elise Dubinsky, a national of the United States, as Director of the Ethics Office. She succeeds Robert Benson of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service to the Organization and his experience and advice on ethics matters.

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 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on transnational organized crime, in New York today, 17 June: