Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Political Affairs, to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Envoy on Youth, to the launch of the 2016 class of the United Nations Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the side event on global preparedness and response to health crises, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Climate Week NYC, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to the event on Strengthening Partnership to Accelerate Africa’s Demographic Dividend, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level event, “Supporting Greater Dignity and Protection:  Enhancing Self-Reliance in Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Refugee Situations”, in New York today:

Following are the remarks, delivered on behalf of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Chef de Cabinet Edmond Mulet, to the special event commemorating the reinstallation of the gifts from Uruguay, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening session of the high-level plenary meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Private Sector Forum 2016, “Business and the 2030 Agenda:  Securing the Way Forward”, in New York today:

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