Regional Cooperation

Ban appoints veteran UN official Somavia as special adviser on inter-regional policy coordination

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Juan Somavía of Chile as his Special Adviser on Inter-regional Policy Cooperation.

Regional organizations must expand cooperation to tackle global challenges – Ban

Regional organizations must find ways to expand their cooperation and dialogue to address increasingly interconnected global challenges, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level debate in the Security Council today.