Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the third Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, in Rio de Janeiro, today, 28 May:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Disaster and Risk Conference, to be held in Davos on 30 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the forty-fifth annual meeting of the African Development Bank and thirty-sixth meeting of the African Development Fund, delivered by Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in Abidjan, 27 May:

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 World No Tobacco Day, observed on 31 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Brazilian Haiti Peacekeeping Commemoration, as prepared for delivery, in Rio de Janeiro, today, 27 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on intercultural dialogue for peace and security, in New York on 26 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the resumption of Cyprus talks, delivered by Alexander Downer, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, in Nicosia on 26 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Asia Media Summit, delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Beijing, 25 May: