Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks at the General Assembly debate on “A green economy: a pathway to sustainable development”, in New York today, 2 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the reappointment of Edmond Mulet of Guatemala as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. The Secretary-General expresses his gratitude to Atul Khare of India for his more than one year of service in that position.

In a message to participants of the Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged the Special Committee on Decolonization to work towards an action-oriented dialogue at all levels with the Non-Self Governing Territories and administering Powers alike, as he launched the work of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020).

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, to the high-level segment of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins, in Brazzaville, 3 June:

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

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 2 June — The Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization had been a “lively” forum for sharing a range of views on the situations in the 16 Non-Self Governing Territories around the world, and the Special Committee on Decolonization must now undertake a self-analysis to better imagine its role in carrying out its work in the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020), the Chair of the Special Committee said today.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day, to be observed on 8 June:

Demanding an immediate withdrawal of the Sudanese Government and of all military elements from the contested Abyei area, the Security Council today strongly condemned the Sudanese Government’s military seizure of the town and the resulting displacement of tens of thousands of residents, through a statement read out by Nelson Messone of Gabon, the Council’s President for June.

The following statement was issued on 4 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued on 5 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: