Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the tenth anniversary of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in New York, 25 May:

The following statement was issued yesterday, 23 May, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the conference on Somalia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 May:

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 24 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks to the conference on Somalia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery today, 21 May, at Bogazici University in Istanbul:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the annual meeting of the Association of Former International Civil Servants, delivered by Netta Avedon, Chief of Human Resources Services, Office of Human Resources Management, in New York today, 21 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks to the General Assembly during its thematic debate on human security, today, 20 May, in New York:

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