Statements and Messages

The following statement was issued on 1 June by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s toast, as prepared for delivery, at a dinner hosted by Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy, in Rome, 2 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Mayoral Summit on Climate Change, in Quito from 2-3 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Follow-up Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, in Tokyo from 2-3 June:

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, as prepared for delivery, to the International Conference on the Inter-Ethnic City, in Rome, today, 1 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and the fiftieth anniversary of human space flight, in Vienna today, 1 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the conference on “Promoting the Global Instruments of Non-proliferation and Disarmament: The United Nations and the Nuclear Challenge”, in New York, today, 31 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the special event on “Forging closer links between Africa and the Diaspora”, organized in New York by the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union, and delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the occasion of Africa Day 2011, today, 31 May: