Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June under the theme “Think. Eat. Save: Reduce Your Foodprint”:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony to honour fallen peacekeepers, in New York on 29 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the wreath-laying on the International Day of Peacekeepers, in New York on 29 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the opening of the “Absence” exhibit in New York on 28 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Gary Lewis, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Iran, to the Consultative Meeting on Syria, in Tehran, on 28-29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the meeting of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Shamshad Akhtar, in New York, 28 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Caribbean Regional Seminar on Implementation of the third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, as delivered by United Nations Resident Coordinator of Ecuador, Diego Zorrilla, in Quito, to be held between 28 and 30 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, to the fifth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, in Berlin on 28 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services and the Global Services Forum on 28‑29 May:

The following statement was issued on 26 May by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: