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.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at an event on migrants, refugees and cities, in New York today:
The United Nations refugee agency launched a new global campaign today called “Nobody Left Outside”, which aims to overcome a half-billion-dollar deficit in funding to provide shelter for refugees under its care, and thereby tackle one of the largest global displacement crises since the Second World War.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Columbia University commencement, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, on the occasion of the valedictory ceremony for judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, in Nairobi today:
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:
Conflicts over land and natural resources — many of which turned bloody — continued to plague indigenous communities across the globe, stressed speakers today as the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held two panel discussions focused on peace, conflict and resolution.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, “Honouring Our Heroes”, observed on 29 May:
Yukio Takasu, Under-Secretary-General for Management, will officiate at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently built United Nations Learning Centre for Multilingualism and Career Development, to be held at Headquarters at 10 a.m. on 23 May.
