Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a high-level side event on “Implementing SDG 7: The Role of Partnerships in Ensuring Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable, and Modern Energy for All”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Ban Soon-taek, to the Global Education First initiative event, in New York today:

Underscoring the importance of partnerships for development, world leaders today deliberated on the collective efforts and resources necessary to achieve the goals set out in the newly adopted 2030 Agenda, as the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit continued at the General Assembly.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Round Table on South-South Cooperation, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Private Sector Forum, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the side event on the launching of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the high-level joint event:  “Operationalization of the 2030 Agenda for Africa’s Industrialization”, in New York today:

World leaders today embraced a sweeping 15-year global plan of action to end poverty, reduce inequalities and protect the environment, known as the Sustainable Development Goals, at the opening of a United Nations special summit.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, in New York today: