Secretary-General

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a side event on “Energy, Gender and Economic Growth”, in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-mon’s remarks, as delivered, to major groups of civil society in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Widow’s Day, observed 23 June:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone as his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under-Secretary-General. Ms. Bangura will replace Margot Wallström, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and able leadership in achieving milestones within a challenging mandate.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to an event hosted by Turkey entitled “From Rio to 2015 and Beyond: Charting a Course for a Fairer World”, in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a side event on Green Growth for All, in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the sixteenth Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, delivered by Alexander Trepelkov, Director, Financing for Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in Saint Petersburg, 21 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the twenty-fifth meeting of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) Policy and Coordinating Committee and HRP’s fortieth anniversary, being observed in Geneva, 21-22 June:

Following is the text of a video message from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the ‘Zero Hunger Challenge’, in Rio de Janeiro, 21 June: