United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Major General Moses Bisong Obi of Nigeria as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sudan.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks following the election of the President of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, in New York, 11 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon’s remarks to the National Assembly of Cameroon, in Yaoundé today, 10 June:

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

Advertising agencies from Lebanon, Israel, and the United States, among others, will be honoured for public service advertising on Saturday, 12 June, when the UNDPI awards are presented at the New York Festivals 2010 International Advertising Awards at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in Shanghai, China.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), delivered by Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 11 June:

The twentieth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 14 to 18 June.

The arrest of two prominent Sudanese citizens indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity was crucial for bringing peace to Darfur and ending impunity, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Security Council today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace, beginning on 13 June: