Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, observed on 16 November:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, early on Monday evening, 9 November, to take part in the Fourth Summit of Arab and South American countries.

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

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 Diabetes Day, observed on 14 November:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups of Member States, today informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Filippo Grandi of Italy as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Chaim Herzog’s speech against General Assembly resolution 3379 equating Zionism with racism, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) high-level panel on road safety, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered today in New York by Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet, at the event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Academic Impact, titled “The Next Generation of Global Citizens”: