Secretary-General: Press Conference

As the world population officially reached 7 billion today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global solidarity to address pressing problems of climate change, economic crisis and inequality in order to make the world a better place for current and future generations. He pledged to work towards those aims this week during the Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit in Cannes.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York today, 15 September:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 6 June:

There was firm evidence that both pro-Government elements and opposition forces in Libya were responsible for the recruitment of child soldiers, a war crime, Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy said at Headquarters today as she released the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 17 December:

Raising the $100 billion needed annually to help developing countries adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change would require a mix of new public sources, a scaling-up of existing public sources and more private flows, the Co-Chairs of an expert group charged with analysing options to meet that goal said today as they formally presented their findings to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 6 October:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 13 September:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 9 August:

As the world continued to reel from the financial crisis, and climate change, poverty and resource constraints tested capabilities, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged more than 1,200 top business executives gathered in New York City for the 2010 Global Compact Leaders Summit to usher in a new era of sustainability in which corporations played a central role.