Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level General Assembly thematic debate, “UN@70:  Human rights at the centre of the global agenda”, in New York today:

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

The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Homeless World Cup, in Glasgow, United Kingdom, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Han Seung-Soo, Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water, to the World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week and Cleanenviro Summit, in Singapore today: 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit Meeting on Afghanistan, held in Warsaw from 8 to 9 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Inaugural XIN Philanthropy Conference, in Hangzhou, China, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to an event marking the bicentennial commemoration of independence of Argentina, in Buenos Aires today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Eco Forum global annual conference, in Guiyang, China, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the second Global Conference on Climate Change and Health, held in Geneva on 7‑8 July: