UN Secretary General

United Nations, Jan 6: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Karen AbuZayd as special adviser on the summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, which will be held at the UN General Assembly in…

United Nation, Dec 31: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday congratulated Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abad on re-taking most of the Ramadi city from the Islamic State terror group, according to a statement issued by the UN…

United Nations, Dec 16: The election process for the next UN secretary-general that could see a woman ascend to the leadership of the world body has been launched with the promise of openness and universal involvement. Assembly president…

United Nations, Dec 1: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the peaceful conduct of the presidential and legislative elections in Burkina Faso. Ban congratulated the people of Burkina Faso for their enthusiastic…

United Nations, Nov 12: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York on Friday to participate in the summit of the world's 20 largest economies in Antalya, Turkey, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday.…

United Nations, Oct 4: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday strongly condemned airstrikes that killed medical staff and civilians in a hospital in Afghanistan, calling for "a thorough and impartial investigation into the attack in…

United Nations, Sep 28: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged India and Pakistan to continue their peaceful dialogue, a media report said. A statement issued by his office said that in a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz…

United Nations, Sep 17: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he backs the expansion of the Security Council to adapt to the dramatic changes in the world and the General Assembly was moving in the right direction towards…

United Nations, Aug 23: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a high-level dialogue between two sides of the Korean Peninsula, encouraging them to "use the resumed discussions to pave the way for de-escalating the situation" in the…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned "in the strongest terms" a bomb attack on a market in Baghdad that killed over 100 people, media reported. Ban voiced his hope that the perpetrators "are swiftly brought to justice",…