Press Release

The Secretary-General has appointed Yeocheol Yoon of the Republic of Korea as Chief of Protocol.

The Secretary-General has selected Mr. Sven Alkalaj, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Following are UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the International Women’s Day Event: “Empower Rural Women — End Hunger and Poverty”, today, 7 March, in New York:

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom):

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Human Rights Council meeting on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, today, 7 March, in Geneva:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and League of Arab States Secretary General Nabil Elaraby have appointed Nasser al-Kidwa as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria. He will assist Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan in the exercise of his mandate.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a concert hosted by Japan to mark the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in New York, 5 March:

On 5 March 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at “Equality Means Business: Gender Equality for Sustainable Business”, in New York today, 6 March: