Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s toast at the lunch for Heads of State and Government, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by John Kufuor, former President of Ghana and the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, to the Climate Week NYC signature event, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-Level Forum on Landlocked Developing Countries, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, held in Geneva from 28 September to 2 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the General Assembly, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the media after the high-level working lunch on climate change, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Social Good Summit, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to a ceremony to unveil the custom stamp sheet on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for persons with disabilities, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a global leaders meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to the UNEP Champions of the Earth Award ceremony, in New York today: