Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 7 to 23 February and 7 to 16 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Michael Bloomberg of the United States as his Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the inaugural meeting of Scientific Advisory Board in Berlin today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as his new Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), where he will also serve as Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Following is the text of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to students at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Havana today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the Second Community of Caribbean and Latin American States (CELAC) Summit in Havana today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to officials at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina( ELAM) in Havana today: