Secretary-General

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

Upon arrival on Thursday morning, the Secretary-General addressed a joint meeting of the Chamber of Senate and Deputies in a special session to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Italy’s membership in the United Nations.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Day Concert, in New York today:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Poprad, Slovakia, from Rome on Saturday evening, 17 October.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the informal meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the ratification of the Charter of the United Nations, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Empire State Building lighting ceremony, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the United Nations Secretary-General Awards ceremony, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the opening ceremony of the First World Indigenous Games, held in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, today:

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued today: