Statements and Messages

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Counter-Piracy Conference, “Countering Maritime Piracy: Securing State Recovery, Sustaining Momentum at Sea, Confronting Instability on Land”, delivered by Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the International Conference on the Implementation of Regional Projects in the Aral Sea Basin, held 28-29 October in Urgench, Uzbekistan:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), to the Security Council’s open debate on women, peace and security, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Derek Plumbly, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, to the International Support Group for Lebanon, in Berlin today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the Global Forum on Youth Policies, in Baku, Azerbaijan on 28 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Day official reception, in Djibouti today:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the new office facilities at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, in Addis Ababa today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, to be observed 2 November:

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