Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the “Energy for Development” event today, 28 April, in New York:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tayé-Brook Zerihoun of Ethiopia as the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs in the Department of Political Affairs. Mr. Zerihoun replaces Haile Menkerios of South Africa, who has been appointed as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan for a one-year period.

A global effort to scale up investment in clean, efficient energy and bring affordable energy services to the 1.6 billion people worldwide currently lacking them would go a long way towards stopping climate change and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of The Sandwich Swap, co-authored by Her Majesty Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan, in New York today, 27 April:

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:

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 on Earth Day, in New York, 22 April:

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for United Nations Business for the Environment Global Summit, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, today, 22 April