Secretary-General

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the upcoming fifth anniversary of the great east Japan earthquake and tsunami, in New York today:

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, condemn Wednesday’s attack on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by an unknown armed group, in which one South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded.  The attack took place 40 kilometres south-west of Kutum, North Darfur, while the peacekeepers, on patrol, were travelling from Kutum to Djarido.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on sexual exploitation and abuse, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva from New York early on Monday morning, 29 February.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jean Arnault of France as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia.

Following are UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the special event commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations offices in Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Next Einstein Forum, in Dakar today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), in Laxenberg, Austria, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on International Women’s Day, observed today: