Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly event for the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, in New York, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council ministerial briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (foreign terrorist fighters), in New York today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks upon receiving an honorary degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Our World, Our Dignity, Our Planet:  the Post-2015 Agenda and the Role of Youth” event at Palais des Beaux Arts, in Brussels, today: