SG/SM/13263-DEV/2849
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, in Puerto Vallarta, 8 November:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Seoul early on the morning of Wednesday, 10 November, after a flight from New York. On arrival, the Secretary-General made brief remarks to waiting South Korean media in Korean, outlining the main purpose of his visit — to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit and to ensure that the voices of the world’s most vulnerable people were heard.