Statements and Messages

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

The text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Sorbonne-Pantheon University in Paris is not available in English.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed on 26 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Day of the Seafarer, observed on 25 June:

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Andrew Gilmour of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks on the World Drug Report 2016, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the United Nations Public Service Day, observed today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing of the bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC-EP), in Havana today: