Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Green Growth Forum (3 GF) Summit, in Copenhagen, 6-7 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Joint High-Level Symposium on the 2030 Agenda, co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations country team in China, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for European Green Week, 30 May to 3 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Mary Robinson of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the first-ever World Conference on Tourism for Development:  “Tourism for Peace and Development”, in Beijing today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Sustainable Development Goals event, in Mauritius, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Climate Action 2016, in Washington, D.C., today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has started the process of consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau, and has informed of his intention to appoint Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Acting by acclamation today, the United Nations Forum on Forests elected Peter Desseau, Canada’s Director of Forest Services and Natural Resources, President of its twelfth session.  His candidacy was presented by the Group of Western European and Other States.