Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Youth Skills Day, observed on 15 July:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex] Conference, held in Montevideo from 13 to 15 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level General Assembly thematic debate, “UN@70:  Human rights at the centre of the global agenda”, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, in New York today:

The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in New York, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Homeless World Cup, in Glasgow, United Kingdom, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Han Seung-Soo, Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water, to the World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week and Cleanenviro Summit, in Singapore today: 

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