Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) “Voices of Children" event with Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham, in New York today:

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

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 meeting of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the presidential dialogue on the African urban agenda, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for an event entitled “Cities Driving Sustainable Development:  Endorsing the SDGs and Committing to their Implementation”, delivered by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, in New York today:

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 Unilever dinner on “Better Growth through Sustainable Development”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Maritime Day, observed today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to the high-level event:  “Meeting the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty”, in New York today: