Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sustainable cities photo-op, in New York, 12 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council briefing on peace and security in Africa, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the UNEARTH Exhibition, at the Gabarron Foundation in New York on 11 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks at the memorial ceremony for Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg on 10 December:

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, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, at a high-level plenary on “The Role of Good Governance”, in New York on 9 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, delivered by Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, to the fortieth session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Conakry, Guinea, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, at an event marking the sixty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in New York on 9 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December: