Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at MDG Advocates high-level event “Sustainable Futures: Accelerating Progress on the MDG’s Through Youth Innovations,” in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone as his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General. Ms. Bangura will replace Margot Wallström, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and able leadership in achieving milestones within a challenging mandate.