Ban Ki-moon on his relations with the press:

My relationship with the media will be crucial to my efforts to make the mission of the UN better known, and better understood, by people around the world.

Secretary-General appoints Michele Montas, an award-winning journalist from Haiti, as his Spokesperson. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Montas headed the French unit of UN Radio. In 2003-04, she served as the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.