Statements and Messages

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

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on 17 June:

Following are the opening remarks from New York of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an online discussion with youth in Bonn on climate change, 13 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Fifth World Congress against the Death Penalty, in Madrid, 12 June:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Investor Forum on Climate Change, in Hong Kong on 13 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Hong Kong–United States Business Council Dialogue in New York on 12 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly’s thematic debate on Culture and Sustainable Development, in New York on 12 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to be observed on 15 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace (21 September), to begin on13 June: