Human rights

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the reception hosted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in honour of his human rights legacy, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly commemorative event to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the two International Human Rights Covenants, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level event entitled “global efforts in integrating a youth dimension in preventing and countering violent extremism”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level side event of the LGBT Core Group “#path2equality:  Global Leaders Discuss Progress towards LGBT Equality”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel on “the death penalty and victims”, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the event marking the second anniversary of the HeForShe campaign, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the appointment ceremony of Nadia Murad Basee Taha as United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the World LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] Conference for Criminal Justice Professionals, held in Amsterdam from 3 to 5 August:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex] Conference, held in Montevideo from 13 to 15 July: