Headquarters and host country

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:

Yukio Takasu, Under-Secretary-General for Management, will officiate at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently built United Nations Learning Centre for Multilingualism and Career Development, to be held at Headquarters at 10 a.m. on 23 May.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yukio Takasu, Under-Secretary-General for Management, to the opening of the exhibition “UNKnown Spaces”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event for the presentation of a gift from the People’s Republic of China, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the meeting of United Nations staff with His Holiness Pope Francis, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the exhibit showcasing Uganda, at Headquarters, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event commemorating the reinstallation of Candido Portinari’s War and Peace, at Headquarters, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the closing of the “My Planet from Space:  Fragility and Beauty” exhibition, at Headquarters today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the ceremony dedicating a commemorative plaque at the Tree of Peace and Unity, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the reinstallation of the Kiswa, a gift from Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, in New York today: