Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Bintou Keita of Guinea as Ebola Crisis Manager for Sierra Leone for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).  In her role as Ebola Crisis Manager Ms. Keita will work with the host Government and key stakeholders to ensure rapid and effective international emergency response to Ebola continues in Sierra Leone.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nickolay Mladenov of Bulgaria as his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and his Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.  In this capacity, Mr. Mladenov will be the Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Quartet.

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 lunch with the Executive Committee of the United Nations Correspondents Associations (UNCA), 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, accompanied by his wife, Madame Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, late on Thursday evening, 29 January, to attend the twenty-fourth Summit of the African Union.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on 6 February:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Davos, Switzerland, shortly after noon on Thursday, 22 January, to attend the World Economic Forum.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Economic and Social Council Youth Forum, in New York today: