Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher of Canada as his Deputy Special Representative, Ad Interim, for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, to be observed on 3 May:

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: