Statements and Messages

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at a ceremony launching the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in Bahrain on 17 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in Seoul today, 18 May:

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

Following is the full text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks to the UNA-USA Global Classrooms Event as delivered in New York on 14 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks at the commemoration of the Day of Vesak, 15 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the report of the Commission on Climate Change and Development, in New York, today, 14 May:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the “Envision: Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries” event in New York today, 14 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, to be observed on 17 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, today, 13 May, in New York: