Human rights

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks at the launch of the National Plan of Action for Human Rights Education, in Lima today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, representing the Secretary-General, at a pledging luncheon for the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, at the launch of the Decade for People of African Descent, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the LGBT Core Group annual Human Rights Day event, “Love is a Family Value:  Supporting All Families”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the presentation of the final report of the Brazilian National Commission of Truth, in Rio de Janeiro today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the meeting of significant faith leaders against modern slavery and human trafficking, held in the Vatican City today:

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s video message to the seventh session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, “Preventing and addressing violence and atrocity crimes targeted against minorities”, in Geneva today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the high-level event on “Equal Access, Inclusive Development for Persons with Disabilities”, in Beijing on 10 November:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message in support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) campaign to end statelessness in 10 years, in Geneva today:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention against Torture, in Geneva today: