Secretary-General

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

Following are the opening remarks from New York of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an online discussion with youth in Bonn on climate change, 13 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Fifth World Congress against the Death Penalty, in Madrid, 12 June:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Investor Forum on Climate Change, in Hong Kong on 13 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Hong Kong–United States Business Council Dialogue in New York on 12 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly’s thematic debate on Culture and Sustainable Development, in New York on 12 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to be observed on 15 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace (21 September), to begin on13 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye of Senegal as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office for the Central African Republic (BINUCA), based in Bangui.