Statements and Messages

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the launch of the International Year of Forests, 2011, today, 2 February, in New York:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the launch of the website for the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, today, 1 February, in New York:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Côte d’Ivoire, held in Addis Ababa on 29 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Somalia, held in Addis Ababa today, 31 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the African Leaders Malaria Alliance event in Addis Ababa, today, 31 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Summit of the African Union, in Addis Ababa on 30 January:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Interfaith Harmony Week, to be observed in New York from 1 to 7 February:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of UN Women’s presence in Africa, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Dryland Policy Alliance, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 January:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Sudan held in Addis Ababa today, 31 January: