Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Port-Louis, Mauritius, from the Seychelles, in the late afternoon of Sunday, 8 May.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Victoria, Seychelles, from Washington, D.C., on Saturday morning, 7 May.  This was the first time a Secretary-General visited the country.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, from Madagascar, on Thursday morning, 12 May.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Antananarivo, Madagascar, from Mauritius on Tuesday afternoon, 10 May, where they were greeted by the President, Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana.

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 Asia Media Summit in Incheon, Republic of Korea, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the High-Level Leaders’ Round Table on Women and Girls: Catalysing Action to Achieve Gender Equality, at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Mayors’ Focus Session on Cities’ Response to Migration at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Round Table on Natural Disasters and Climate Change at the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Mexico City today: