United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).

Africa would be at the heart of the Security Council’s work in March, with the 15-member body travelling to the continent ahead of open debates on the Great Lakes region and the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, the Permanent Representative of Angola, the 15-member body’s President for the month, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Thursday, 25 February, from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to Juba, South Sudan.

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, today announced that intra-Syrian peace talks will resume on 9 March, two days after the original target date, in order to allow adequate time to address logistical and practical matters.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Tuesday, 23 February, from Bujumbura, Burundi, to Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew on Sunday, 21 February, from New York to Bujumbura, Burundi.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Judge Theodor Meron of the United States as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for a new term commencing on 1 March.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the World Bank Group Forum on Fragility, Conflict and Violence, in Washington, D.C., today: