Statements and Messages

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Women’s International Forum, in New York, 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed 3 December:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the launch of the Unite Campaign in Latin America, in Santiago, Chile, on 25 November, as recorded on 13 November:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Human Rights Day, on 10 December:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seventeenth Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council Meeting, in Athens, on 1 December, as delivered by Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Ibero-American Summit, in Estoril, Portugal, on 29 November, as delivered by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the launch of a study on the health effects of climate change mitigation, in London and Washington, D.C., 25 November:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Light for Rights” World AIDS Day Event, in New York, 1 December:

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