United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today announced the appointment of Ms. Lakshmi Puri of India as Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today announced the appointment of John Hendra of Canada Assistant Secretary-General for Policy and Programme at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) event marking the end of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, in New York today, 11 March:

The following statement was issued on 12 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 12 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):

Nearly three years after its start in May 2008, the complex, multi-year overhaul of the historic United Nations Headquarters — known as the Capital Master Plan — was on track for completion between 2012 and 2014 with cost overruns of the $1.87 billion project now reduced to $80 million, Secretariat officials told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) at its first resumed session today.

The Fifth Committee today took up proposed budgets for two United Nation’s special political missions — namely its Office in Burundi and its representative to the International Advisory and Monitoring Board — in the amounts of $23.1 million and $24,600 net, respectively.

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

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: