United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Marco Carmignani of Brazil as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, in Rome today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Vesak Day, to be observed on 13 May:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Oh Joon (Republic of Korea):

With demand growing significantly for United Nations peacekeeping, time had come to make a decision to increase the reimbursement rate for troop-contributing countries, delegates from those States today told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

During its informal consultations on 5 May, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic was briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, to the International Meeting on the Question of Jerusalem, in Ankara today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Kristin Lund of Norway as the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.