Statements and Messages

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Seventh Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva on 5 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn on 5 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development:

The following statement was issued on 1 December 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 Forum on Migration and Development taking place in Geneva on 1‑2 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, to the Private Sector Forum at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, in Busan, Republic of Korea, 30 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General’s video message to the Silk Road Summit, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 30 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea, in Busan, Republic of Korea, 30 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, to the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, in Busan, Republic of Korea, on 30 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December: