Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the unveiling of a re-installed gift from Latvia to the United Nations, at Headquarters, 20 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Busan, Republic of Korea, 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 at the first substantive informal session of the preparatory process for the third International Conference on Financing for Development, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks of commemoration at the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observance event, in New York today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Asia Society’s “Game Changer” Awards, in New York today:

I thank my good friend Josette Sheeran for her leadership of the Asia Society since taking the helm last year.  She made remarkable contributions to the United Nations when she was “one of us”, and she will always be a part of the UN family.  It is a pleasure to join you this evening.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Annika Savill of the United Nations Democracy Fund, to the fourth High-level Meeting of the Inter-regional Dialogue on Democracy held in Washington, D.C., from 16 to 17 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October: