United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, announced today the appointment of Cristiana Paşca Palmer of Romania as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the reception hosted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in honour of his human rights legacy, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World AIDS Day event, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Ethics in Action: The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals” event, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the memorial in honour of Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for “Giving Tuesday”, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Summit on Science and Technology Enablement for the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the UN Cares Awards, in New York, today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: