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Statements and Messages

9 May 2016

SG/SM/17740-HR/5298

New System-Wide Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Action Plan Will Launch Coherent Approach, Secretary-General Tells Permanent Forum Opening Ceremony

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening ceremony of the fifteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York today:

9 May 2016

SG/SM/17739-DC/3632

Regional Actors Should Use Creative Cooperation to Tackle Emerging Weapons Threats from Terrorists, Cyberattackers, Secretary-General Tells NATO Conference

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Kim Won-soo, Under-Secretary-General United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction Arms Control, Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation, in Ljubljana today:

8 May 2016

SG/SM/17736

United, Small States Can Change World, Says Secretary-General, in Address to Seychelles Assembly

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the National Assembly of the Seychelles, in Victoria today:

6 May 2016

SG/SM/17735-AFR/3373

Amid Court Order for Partial Re-run in Comoros, Secretary-General Reiterates Support for Peaceful, Credible Elections

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

6 May 2016

SG/SM/17734

Outraged by Airstrike on Displaced Persons Camp in Syria that Could Constitute War Crime, Secretary-General Says Perpetrators Must Be Held Accountable

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

5 May 2016

SG/SM/17733-ENV/DEV/1668

All Sectors of Society Must Collaborate, Innovate, Invest to Fulfil Paris Agreement Goals, Secretary-General Tells Climate Action Summit

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at Climate Action 2016, in Washington, D.C., today:

4 May 2016

SG/SM/17732-PAL/2201-REF/1229

Palestine Refugee Agency’s Budget Uncertainties Add Needless Extra Suffering, Anguish, Secretary-General Says in Remarks on UNRWA’s Sustainability

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the sustainability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in New York today:

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17731-DC/3630

Task of Finally Eliminating Nuclear Weapons May Fall to Young People, Says Secretary-General, at ‘United Nations Poster for Peace’ Award Ceremony

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the award ceremony for the United Nations Poster for Peace contest, in New York on 3 May:

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17728-GA/PAL/1363

Secretary-General Concerned by Significant Spike in Palestinian Home Demolitions, Urging Israel to Cease Settlement Enterprise, in Message to Dakar Conference

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, to the International Conference on the Question of Palestine, in Dakar today:

3 May 2016

SG/SM/17730

Secretary-General Welcomes New United Nations Verification Mechanism in Djibouti to Facilitate Flow of Goods, Services into Yemen

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