Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in New York on 16 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, to be delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Kanazawa, Japan, on 17 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the launch event for the World Summit of Legislators (to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 15-17 June 2012), in Rio de Janeiro on 16 December:

The following statement was issued on 16 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, to be observed on 19 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki–moon’s message on International Human Solidarity Day, observed 20 December:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 14 December:

The following statement was issued on 13 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks to the Security Council meeting on Somalia in New York on 13 December: