Secretary-General: Press Release

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, travelled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, 2 December, to receive the 2014 Humanitarian of the Year award.

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks at the high-level segment of the twentieth session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), in Lima today:

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks to the extraordinary seventieth anniversary session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, in Chicago today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Anti-Corruption Day, to be observed 9 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by United Nations Legal Counsel, Miguel de Serpa Soares, at the opening of the thirteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, in Vienna today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Sima Sami Bahous, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator, Regional Bureau for Arab States-UNDP Director, to the first Knowledge Conference, held in Dubai, 7–9 December:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the sixtieth anniversary of the Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the centenary of the First World War “Christmas Truce”, in New York today: