Statements and Messages

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level closing of Climate Action Day, in Paris today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a meeting with parliamentarians during the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), in Paris, on 5 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance report on “State of City Climate Finance”, in Paris today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement), today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Summit for Local Leaders, in Paris today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Compact of States and Regions event, in Paris today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the twenty-second Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), in Belgrade on 3 December:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in New York today: