United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mohamed Ali Alhakim of Iraq as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Vera Songwe of Cameroon as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).  She will succeed Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Mexico City today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), at its seventy-second session, in Bangkok today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seventy-first session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok today:

Following is an introductory statement by the Secretary-General to a film highlighting the importance of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, launched at the eighth Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva 3-5 December:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the new office facilities at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, in Addis Ababa today:

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ESCAP APPOINTS HAK-FAN LAU AS CHIEF

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICES IN BANGKOK

 

REGIONAL CHALLENGES, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

FOCUS OF UNESCWA MEETINGS

(Reissued as received.)