Secretary-General: Press Release

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 developing countries, in New York, 26 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting on the Sahel, in New York on 26 September:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament, in New York on 26 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the ministerial meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Partners Forum in New York, 26 September:

The Secretary-General of the United Nations convened a High-level Meeting on the Sahel in New York on 26 September.

Earlier today, the Secretary-General convened a ministerial meeting of his Group of Friends on Myanmar to discuss recent developments in the country. The ministers welcomed the remarkable gains which the country continued to make in the areas of democratization, national development and national reconciliation.

Following is the joint United Nations-Association of Southeast Asian Nations press statement following the United Nations-ASEAN ministerial-level meeting in New York on 26 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, to be observed on 27 September: