Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Catherine Pollard of Guyana as Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.

The following joint statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry was issued today:

Following is the text of a lecture by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, titled “Costa Rica and the United Nations: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century”, in San José today:

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, as delivered by Shun-ichi Murata, Deputy Executive Director, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, to the forty-fifth Pacific Islands Forum, in Palau, today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Martin Chomu Tumenta (Cameroon) as the Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at Camilo Ortega Wind Park, in Rivas, Nicaragua, today:

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 for the International Day of Friendship, 30 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on United Nations Peacekeeping: Regional Partnership and Its Evolution, in New York, today: