Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

‘Everyone Should Have Access to Water and Sanitation Services That We in This Room Take for Granted,’ Says Secretary-General on Persistent, Pressing Challenge

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‘Everyone Should Have Access to Water and Sanitation Services That We in This Room Take for Granted,’ Says Secretary-General on Persistent, Pressing Challenge

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on “Addressing the Global Water and Sanitation Challenge: The Key to the MDGs”, in New York, today, 22 September:

Ecosystem Services Our Natural Capital; Allowing Their Decline Is ‘Like Throwing Money Out the Window’, Secretary-General Tells High-level Biodiversity Event

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Ecosystem Services Our Natural Capital; Allowing Their Decline Is ‘Like Throwing Money Out the Window’, Secretary-General Tells High-level Biodiversity Event

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Event on Biodiversity, in New York, today, 22 September:

Secretary-General, Opening Private Sector Forum, Urges Business to Recognize That Investment in Millennium Development Goals Is ‘Win-Win Proposition’

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Secretary-General, Opening Private Sector Forum, Urges Business to Recognize That Investment in Millennium Development Goals Is ‘Win-Win Proposition’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the Private Sector Forum on the Millennium Development Goals, in New York, today, 22 September:

Secretary-General Expresses Determination at United Nations Development Programme Event for UN System to Remain at Forefront of Effort to Achieve Development Goals

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Secretary-General Expresses Determination at United Nations Development Programme Event for UN System to Remain at Forefront of Effort to Achieve Development Goals

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Millennium Development Goals Summit side event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), “Turning evidence into practice: Learning from what works to accelerate MDG progress”, in New York, today, 22 September:

Secretary-General Hails ‘Virtuous Cycle’ as Fight against Malaria Leads to Sharp Decline in Deaths from All Causes

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Secretary-General Hails ‘Virtuous Cycle’ as Fight against Malaria Leads to Sharp Decline in Deaths from All Causes

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by his Special Envoy on Malaria, Ray Chambers, to the “Bridging the Malaria Gap: Saving Children — Supporting Women” event of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, in New York today, 22 September:

Global Strategy launched by United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit Draws More than $40 Billion to Save Lives of 16 Million Women and Children

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Global Strategy launched by United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit Draws More than $40 Billion to Save Lives of 16 Million Women and Children

Crowning the international summit on the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Heads of State and Government, along with the private sector, foundations, international organizations, civil society and research organizations, kicked off a concerted worldwide effort to save the lives of more than 16 million women and children.

Secretary-General, at Private Sector Forum, Challenges Participants to Bring Solutions, Innovations to Scale to Reach Millennium Development Goals

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Secretary-General, at Private Sector Forum, Challenges Participants to Bring Solutions, Innovations to Scale to Reach Millennium Development Goals

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen were among hundreds of high officials from corporations, Governments and world organizations at the United Nations Leadership Forum who today stressed the critical role of the private sector in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Secretary-General, at High-Level Meeting, Stresses Urgent Need to Reverse Alarming Rate of Biodiversity Loss, Rescue ‘Natural Economy’

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Secretary-General, at High-Level Meeting, Stresses Urgent Need to Reverse Alarming Rate of Biodiversity Loss, Rescue ‘Natural Economy’

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon implored world leaders this morning to commit to reversing the alarming rate of biodiversity loss and rescuing the natural economy before it was too late. Conserving the planet’s species and habitat was not only central to sustainable development and the Millennium Goals, it also had the potential to generate economic gains worth trillions of dollars, he said at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on biodiversity.
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