Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Jessica Faieta of Ecuador as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of María Eugenia (Gina) Casar of Mexico as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary General:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, to the World Conference on Youth 2014, in Colombo today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the launch of the Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, on 6 May 2014:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the eleventh Asia Media Summit, taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 6 to 8 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Peter Grohman, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bahrain, to the Conference on Civilizations in the Service of Humanity, in Manama today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the inauguration of Yenching Academy at Peking University, in Beijing today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening plenary of the “Abu Dhabi Ascent”, in Abu Dhabi today: