Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony to commemorate the International Day of Peace, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Inclusion Summit of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 15 to 16 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Conference “Europe Whole, Free and at Peace-2040” and on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Lithuania’s membership in the United Nations, in Vilnius today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Back to the Present” launch of a time machine installation on data for children, in New York, today:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, observed on 27 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a prayer service on the occasion of the opening of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening plenary meeting of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, in New York today: