Secretary-General

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the event marking 15 years of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the seventeenth World Knowledge Forum, in Seoul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event on financial solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Week high-level inaugural event on strengthening partnerships for inclusive sustainable development, good governance, peace and stability in Africa, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Second World Culture Forum, in Bali today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the launch of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 at a meeting with high-level officials from ministries of finance and foreign affairs, together with leaders from major global financial institutions.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the World Energy Congress, in Istanbul, Turkey, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Second Summit of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, in Bangkok today: