Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Day, observed on 2 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Water Day, observed on 22 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a ceremony marking the International Day of Nowruz, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security:  prevention and resolution of conflicts in the Great Lakes region, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed today:

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 for the 134^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), taking place in Lusaka from 19 to 23 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Nowruz, observed on 21 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:  “Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action — 15 Years After,” in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the International Day of Happiness event to launch the “Angry Birds for Happy Planet” campaign, in New York today: