Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding in Africa, in New York today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Natalia Kanem of Panama as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  She succeeds Kate Gilmore of Australia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Friendship, observed on 30 July:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, starting on 29 July:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the League of Arab States Summit, delivered by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy for Yemen, in Nouakchott today:

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

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