Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the ninth Forum for the Future of Agriculture, in Brussels today:

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 at a ceremony marking the International Day of Nowruz, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security:  prevention and resolution of conflicts in the Great Lakes region, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Day, observed on 2 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Water Day, observed on 22 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the designation of Jorge Chediek of Argentina as his Envoy on South-South Cooperation.

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the 134^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), taking place in Lusaka from 19 to 23 March: