Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I Report, in Stockholm, 27 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Older Persons, observed on 1 October:

The text of the Secretary-General’s remarks at the Reception by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France for Representatives of Francophone Countries, on 26 September is not available in English.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, in New York, 26 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Meeting of a Group of Supporters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in New York on 26 September:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on small arms, in New York on 26 September:

Recognizing that women’s economic empowerment contributed greatly to the effectiveness of post-conflict prosperity, the Peacebuilding Commission today urged Governments, as well as international and regional organizations, to improve female participation in all stages of peace processes, from conflict resolution to post-conflict planning.

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 to the thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 developing countries, in New York, 26 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level meeting on the Sahel, in New York on 26 September: