United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Didier L’Hôte of France as the Force Commander for the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Member States this morning received the Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict, which says that 2014 saw unprecedented challenges for the protection of tens of millions of children growing up in countries impacted by conflict.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Simona-Mirela Miculescu of Romania as his Representative and Director of the United Nations Office in Belgrade.  Ms. Miculescu succeeds Peter Due of Denmark, who has assumed new functions at United Nations Headquarters.  The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Due for his contribution to the work of the United Nations Office in Belgrade during his tenure in this position.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the annual General Assembly review of HIV/AIDS, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the inaugural conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, convened in Nuremberg, Germany, on 6 June 2015:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Group of Seven (G7) working session on terrorism, in Munich, Germany, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a working luncheon for outreach partners in Schloss Elmau, Germany, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the official inauguration of the extension building of the World Conference Centre Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, today:

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