Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the UN 21 Awards, as prepared for delivery:

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

The following statement was issued on 31 July by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Friendship, to be observed on 30 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, to be observed on 9 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Oscar-Fernandez Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the Sixth General Meeting between the United Nations System and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its Associated Institutions, in Georgetown, Guyana, today, 28 July:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly plenary meeting on the human right to water and sanitation, today, 27 July, in New York:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the unveiling of the London Olympic Countdown Clock, in New York, 27 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Meeting on Youth side event, “Giving it Back, Passing it On: Corporate Engagement and Youth Philanthropy as Pathways to Development”, in New York, today, 27 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly meeting on the follow-up to the 2010 High-Level Meeting on the Conference on Disarmament and Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations, in New York, 27 July: