Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to “Building a Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction” Conference in Incheon, Republic of Korea, 11 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) office and the ISDR Training Centre for Urban Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea, today, 11 August:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Global Environment Forum in Incheon, Republic of Korea, today, 11 August:

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 Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, delivered by Olusegun Obasanjo, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, in Lusaka, Zambia, today, 10 August:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on women, peace and security, in New York, today, 7 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the General Conference of “Mayors for Peace” in Nagasaki, Japan, today, 7 August:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message yesterday for the “We Must Disarm” campaign:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, delivered by Sergio Duarte, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, in Hiroshima, 6 August: