United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Agostinho Zacarias of Mozambique as his Deputy Special Representative ad interim for the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a Church service in Los Palmas, Haiti, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the “Total Sanitation” Campaign, in Los Palmas, Haiti, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks after visiting a family affected by cholera, in Los Palmas today:

The Economic and Social Council today urged the United Nations development system to address poverty eradication as an overarching priority, as it concluded its operational activities segment.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) high-level event on Sustainable Development and the World Drug Problem, in New York today:

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

The Security Council, considering the report of the Peacebuilding Commission’s seventh session, heard that building peace in post-conflict countries was a complex and challenging process, requiring national ownership and leadership, and strengthened responses to early warning signs of relapse.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks during a visit to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “Sports for Hope Centre”, in Port-au-Prince today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks during a visit to the Police Academy and School, in Port-au-Prince today: