Stevie Wonder, the popular singer and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, promised to use his creative talents in support of the United Nations mission and persons with disabilities during a press conference at Headquarters today.
The Secretary-General has appointed Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh as his Special Representative for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered, to the fourteenth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, in The Hague, on 30 November:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Ibero-American Summit, in Estoril, Portugal, on 29 November, as delivered by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message, as recorded, to the CIS Connect 2009 Summit: Connecting the Unconnected by 2015, in Minsk, 26 November: