Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva today, 19 January:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York today, 19 January:

Recognizing the dire circumstances arising from last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Security Council endorsed this morning the Secretary-General’s recommendation to increase the force levels of the United Nations Mission there.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is pleased to announce the appointment of Filippo Grandi (Italy) as the Agency’s new Commissioner-General, effective 20 January 2010.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Margot B. Ellis (United States) as Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

A video exhibition, Generations: Survival and the Legacy of Hope, will open in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at 6 p.m. on Monday, 25 January, as part of a week-long series of Holocaust remembrance activities at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is 27 January and the theme of this year's observance is "Holocaust Remembrance: The Legacy of Survival".

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

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

Under the auspices of the Department of Public Information, the United Nations will observe the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January 2010, with a ceremony and concert from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall at Headquarters in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a mass in remembrance of those who died in Haiti at Holy Family Church, New York, 20 January: