Headquarters and host country

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the memorial service in honour of fallen staff, in New York today:

In a continuing effort to encourage wider participation in the multilateral treaty framework, United Nations Headquarters will host the annual Treaty Event from 19 to 22 September.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Staff Day opening ceremony and memorial wreath-laying in New York today:

As New York Headquarters observes the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Wednesday, 24 May, Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour all fallen peacekeepers and preside over a ceremony for the posthumous award of the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to 117 military, police and civilian personnel who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations during 2016.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly tribute to Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the annual staff memorial service, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the unveiling ceremony for the staff recreation facility, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (OIC) President Thomas Bach today unveiled a cornerstone plaque to commemorate the United Nations-IOC partnership to build a United Nations staff recreation facility.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Back to the Present” launch of a time machine installation on data for children, in New York, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS), in New York today: