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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the celebration in honour of the Amir of Kuwait, delivered by Abdullah al Matouq, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait, in Cairo today:

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon announced today the appointment of Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, born in Uruguay and a United States national, as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller, Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, Department of Management.  Ms. Bartsiotas will replace María Eugenia Casar, who has been appointed as Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).