Statements and Messages

Following are the Secretary-General’s remarks to the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Hospitality Committee Annual Dinner, delivered by Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet, in New York on 8 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference on the global economic crisis, held in Geneva, 7-8 May, delivered by Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:

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 at the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York, 7 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day of Vesak, observed 9 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, as delivered in Nicosia by Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, today, 6 May:

Following is a transcript of UN Secreatry-General Ban Ki-moon's press conference held in New York today: