Secretary-General

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 a Korean War anniversary event, in New York, 23 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at a press conference for the Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York, 24 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York, 24 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at “Korea Night” in New York, 23 June:

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.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the welcoming session for the Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York, 23 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a press conference to launch the 2010 Millennium Development Goals report in New York, 23 June:

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an intensified focus on priorities, political will and partnership to achieve the Millennium Development Goals this morning, as he launched a report that showed a mix of progress and obstacles in reaching the anti-poverty targets. “This report shows that economic uncertainty cannot be an excuse to slow down our development efforts. It is a reason to speed them up,” he said, introducing the major findings of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2010.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed 26 June: