Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the conference “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Science and Technology 2013”, in Vienna from 17-21 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General Maged Abdelaziz, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Africa, to the High-level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20 Decisions on Sustainable Cities and Transport, to be held in Berlin on 19 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Widows’ Day, to be observed on 23 June:

The following statement was issued on 15 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 15 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Jean Bosco Kazura of Rwanda as the Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

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 on the election of John W. Ashe as President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, 14 June in New York:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on 17 June: