Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the event on “Peace and Security in the Sahel:  Tackling the Root Causes of Instability”, in Nouakchott on 4 March 2016:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Hélène Papper of France as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Bogota, which serves Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.  Ms. Papper assumes her duties today.

The United Nations, African Union, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie welcome the final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the Central African Republic announced by the Transitional Constitutional Court on 1 March 2016, which were conducted peacefully with the active participation of the Central African people.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, at the fortieth annual United Nations International School (UNIS) International Student Conference in New York today:

United Nations-Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands as Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement.

The following statement was issued by the United Nations and the African Union today in New York and Addis Ababa:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the commemoration of World Wildlife Day, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the Italian Diplomatic Academy event “The United Nations:  70 Years of Successes and Challenges”, in New York today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.