Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the meeting with civil society organizations to commemorate the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Beijing Forum 2016, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, observed on 6 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the award ceremony for the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on receiving the Founders Award from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, in New York today:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tsunami Awareness Day, observed on 5 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, to an event organized by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November:

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