Secretary-General

Following consultations with the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Secretary-General is pleased to reappoint Anthony Lake as Executive Director of UNICEF.

Following is a joint message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Irina Bokova on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, under the theme “Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, to be observed on 3 May:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Hiroute Guebre Sellassie of Ethiopia as his new Special Envoy for the Sahel and Head of Office.

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

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 the World Press Freedom Day (3 May) observance held in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the interactive dialogue of the President of the General Assembly on Elements for an Accountability Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Charles Radcliffe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the launch of the United Nations Free & Equal campaign, in Mumbai on 30 April:

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 Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) in Libreville, Gabon.