SG/SM/15435
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seventh Peace and Sports International Forum to be held in Monaco from 6 to 8 November:
Underscoring the need for collective international action to build peace, stability and development in the crisis-torn Sahel region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced at a Headquarters press conference today that he would undertake a joint visit there next week with Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, and senior officials from the European Union and African Union.