Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Rome, Italy, on 6 October, for Hamburg, Germany, for the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Rome from Brussels on Wednesday, 5 October.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, observed on 15 October:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, on Tuesday afternoon, 4 October, flew from Strasbourg, France, to Brussels to attend the European Union-hosted Brussels Conference on Afghanistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, travelled from Bern, Switzerland, to Strasbourg on Tuesday, 4 October, to attend a climate-related event at the European Parliament.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva from New York on Sunday, 2 October.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly plenary meeting on the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the high-level meeting on sustainable transport for landlocked developing countries, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 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 for World Food Day, observed on 16 October: