Development

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the 2015 Small States Forum, in Lima today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the ministerial meeting of the least developed countries, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at his final meeting with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Advocacy Group, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level event on the new rural development paradigm and the inclusive and sustainable new communities model inspired by the Saemaul Undong, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Public Information, to the South-South Awards ceremony, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, observed 12 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the adoption of the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, in New York today:

ADDIS ABABA, 16 July — World leaders agreed that strengthening cooperation in technology, infrastructure and social protections to drive prosperity was key to realizing inclusive, sustainable development, as the Third International Conference on Financing for Development concluded this evening in Addis Ababa with the adoption of an outcome text — described by some as a “new financial alliance”.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the outcome of the Third Conference on Financing for Development, in New York on 16 July:

ADDIS ABABA, 15 July – Ministers of countries that had made strides in the complex task of sustaining social cohesion and growing their economies, nevertheless urged the adoption at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, in Ethiopia, of an effective framework for assistance that would help build the resilience of all States to the multiple crises the world currently faced.