Secretary-General

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Climate Action 2016, in Washington, D.C., today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Modibo Touré of Mali as his new Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the sustainability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the award ceremony for the United Nations Poster for Peace contest, in New York on 3 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, to the International Conference on the Question of Palestine, in Dakar today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, from Austria on 29 April.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has started the process of consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau, and has informed of his intention to appoint Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairpersons of the regional groups of Member States, has informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Erik Solheim of Norway as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

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