Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, to be observed on 25 March: The transatlantic slave trade was a tragedy because of slavery’s fundamental barbarism and immense scope, and because of its organized, systematic nature. One set of human [...]

Some Cases Considered Job-related As Kidnappings, Arrests Continue This Year after 207 Incidents in 2011 As the United Nations marks the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on 25 March, personnel of the Organization are still detained by Governments or in the hands of armed groups, according to the United Nations [...]

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed on 25 March: Scores of United Nations staff and personnel were victims of detention, abduction, kidnapping, assault, harassment and even murder again over the past year. Every attack on a United Nations staff member is [...]

Further to the announcement of 2 and 8 March 2012 on senior appointments, the Secretary-General has selected Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Mr. Lopes succeeds Abdoulie Janneh, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and commitment to the Organization and his leadership [...]

Further to the announcement of 2 and 8 March 2012 on senior appointments, the Secretary-General has selected Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Mr. Lopes succeeds Abdoulie Janneh, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and commitment to the Organization and his leadership [...]

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Fullerton lecture, as prepared for delivery at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore on 23 March 2012: Thank you for your welcome. It is wonderful to be back in Singapore. I thank the International Institute for Strategic Studies for organizing this special event, and for promoting regional [...]

It is a pleasure to join you today and I thank the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan for organizing this event. I also commend Tajikistan for sponsoring the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation in the General Assembly, and for its longstanding leadership on water issues. The theme of World Water Day this year is water [...]

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom): The members of the Security Council strongly condemn the forcible seizure of power from the democratically-elected Government of Mali by some elements of the Malian armed forces. They call on these elements to ensure the safety and security [...]

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the rebellion by elements of the Malian armed forces who have announced the dissolution of Government institutions and the suspension of the Constitution. He calls on those responsible to refrain from any actions that could increase violence [...]

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon s remarks on “The United Nations and Malaysia in a Changing World”, as prepared for delivery at the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur on 22 March: Selamat pagi (good morning). I am pleased to be here in the house of your first Prime Minister, Tunku [...]