Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the first meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in New York, 13 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark World Food Day, to be observed on 16 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding, today, 13 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the tenth anniversary of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC), delivered by Konrad Osterwalder, Rector of the United Nations University, in Chiba, Japan, today, 12 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the unveiling of the portrait of Kofi Annan, in New York, today, 12 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, to be observed on 15 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed on 17 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Caribbean launch of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, delivered by Gladys Acosta of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (part of UN Women), in Barbados, today, 11 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Committee on World Food Security, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition, in Rome, today, 11 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message marking the sixtieth anniversary of World Vision Korea, today, 11 October: