United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed M’Baye Babacar Cissé of Senegal as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative.

A range of viewpoints from delegates greeted the Chair of the Committee on Contributions today, as he presented the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) with a review of the methodology for assessing Member States’ contributions to the United Nations expenses.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks at Global Migration Group Event on “Adolescents, Youth and Migration” in New York on 4 October:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, to be observed on 7 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the Girl Child, to be observed on 11 October:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the closing of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, in New York on 4 October:

Lamenting the deaths of more the 100 men, women and children shipwrecked in Lampedusa and the tireless search for more than 100 other migrants still missing, Italy’s representative said today that it was now up to the international community to address migration issues.

NEW YORK, 7 October (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its third and final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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