The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of more than 700 Hajj pilgrims and injuries to many more resulting from the deadly incident in the Mina Valley in Saudi Arabia. This tragedy is all the more distressing as it took place on the first day of the Holy Eid Al-Adha marking the end of the Hajj season.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to the high-level event:  “Meeting the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the presidential dialogue on the African urban agenda, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ministerial meeting of the Group of 77 developing countries and China, in New York, today:

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

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Children and the Sustainable Development Goals:  Giving Every Child a Chance, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Maritime Day, observed today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the meeting of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council, in New York today: