Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, observed on 15 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-level Conference on International Police Peacekeeping in the Twenty-First Century: The Right Capacities for New Challenges, held in Berlin, 10-11 October:

The following statement was issued on 9 October by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the French Foreign Ministry Meeting on the Death Penalty, in Paris, 9 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, in Kampala, 8 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Paris, 9 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s Message for the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s keynote address to the World Forum for Democracy, organized by the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, France, 8 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October: