Secretary-General: Press Release

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for World Soil Day and the launch of the International Year of Soils, to be observed on 5 December:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the Orchestra for Peace concerts in The Hague, to be held 3–4 December:

Following is an introductory statement by the Secretary-General to a film highlighting the importance of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, launched at the eighth Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva 3-5 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the meeting of significant faith leaders against modern slavery and human trafficking, held in the Vatican City today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s address, as prepared for delivery, to the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Cambridge, Massachusetts, today:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Family Summit +10, as delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), held in Zhuhai, China from 2 to 4 December:

United Nations Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon today announced the appointment of Lise Grande of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December: