Statements and Messages

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the flag-raising ceremony for South Sudan in New York, today, 14 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly meeting on the admission of South Sudan, today, 14 July, in New York:

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council meeting on the Republic of South Sudan, today, 13 July, in New York:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, in New York, 12 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly’s informal interactive thematic debate on the responsibility to protect, 12 July, in New York:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, in Budapest today, 12 July: