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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's statements
Opening remarks at a press conference with the Saudi Foreign Minister
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) - 03 June 2012
Opening remarks to the media following visit to headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) - 03 June 2012
Remarks on World Press Freedom Day
UNHQ - 03 May 2012
Opening remarks at press conference in New Delhi
New Delhi (India) - 27 April 2012
Remarks to Security Council on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Security
Security Council - 19 April 2012
Opening remarks at press at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Geneva (Switzerland) - 12 April 2012
Keynote address to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at Columbia University [as prepared for delivery]
New York - 02 April 2012
Opening remarks to the press
Kuwait City (Kuwait) - 28 March 2012
Opening remarks at joint press conference with Malaysian Prime Minister
Putrajaya (Malaysia) - 22 March 2012
Address to the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue: "The United Nations and global security: collaboration and partnership"
Jakarta (Indonesia) - 21 March 2012
Lecture at the Indonesia Peace and Security Centre
Sentul (Indonesia) - 20 March 2012
Remarks at Security Council meeting on Changes in the Middle East
Security Council - 12 March 2012
Remarks on Fifteenth Anniversary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Vienna (Austria) - 17 February 2012
Opening remarks at joint press encounter with President Heinz Fischer
Vienna (Austria) - 16 February 2012
Opening remarks at press encounter following briefing to the Security Council on his recent trip
UNHQ - 08 February 2012
Remarks at Herzliya Conference
Herzliya (Israel) - 02 February 2012
Opening remarks at joint press encounter with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Ramallah - 01 February 2012
Remarks at press encounter at Rawabi Project
Ramallah - 01 February 2012
Opening remarks at joint press encounter with President Shimon Peres of Israel
Jerusalem (Israel) - 01 February 2012
Opening remarks at joint press encounter with H.E. Nasser Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan
Amman (Jordan) - 31 January 2012
Remarks at dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister of Jordan
Amman (Jordan) - 31 January 2012
Opening remarks at press conference in the margins of the World Economic Forum
Davos (Switzerland) - 27 January 2012
Opening remarks at press conference
UNHQ - 25 January 2012
Remarks at Park East Synagogue Commemoration of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
New York (USA) - 21 January 2012
Remarks at official dinner hosted by H.E. Mr. Najib Mikati, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon, in honour of the participants at the high-level meeting of reform and transitions to democracy
Beirut (Lebanon) - 14 January 2012
Opening remarks at press conference, Beirut, Lebanon [unofficial transcript]
Beirut (Lebanon) - 13 January 2012
Opening remarks during New Year's visit to UN-accredited journalists
New York (USA) - 06 January 2012
Remarks at the opening of the Fourth Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations
Doha (Qatar) - 11 December 2011
Remarks on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [delivered by the Deputy Secretary-General]
UNHQ - 29 November 2011
Remarks to the ASEAN Southeast Asia Summit [as prepared for delivery]
Bali (Indonesia) - 19 November 2011
Opening remarks to the 4th ASEAN-UN Summit [as prepared for delivery]
Bali (Indonesia) - 19 November 2011
Speech at Dhaka University
Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 15 November 2011
Remarks to Non-Governmental Organizations
UNHQ - 26 October 2011
Remarks to Nuclear Disarmament Conference
UNHQ - 24 October 2011
Remarks to Executive Committee of the UN Economic Commission for Europe [as delivered]
Geneva (Switzerland) - 18 October 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter with the President of Switzerland
Bern (Switzerland) - 17 October 2011
Remarks at the Inter-Parliamentary Union 125th Assembly
Bern (Switzerland) - 16 October 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter following his meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stockholm (Sweden) - 12 October 2011
Opening remarks at joint press conference with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway
Oslo (Norway) - 10 October 2011
Statement on the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
UNHQ - 07 October 2011
Remarks at the 2011-2012 Otto L. Walter Lecture at New York Law School
New York (USA) - 04 October 2011
Remarks at Security Council High-Level Briefing on Preventive Diplomacy
UNHQ - 22 September 2011
Address to the 66th General Assembly: "We the Peoples"
General Assembly - 21 September 2011
Remarks at G8 Meeting on the Deauville Partnership [as prepared for delivery]
UNHQ - 20 September 2011
Remarks at Peace Bell Ceremony
UNHQ - 15 September 2011
Opening remarks at press conference
UNHQ - 15 September 2011
Remarks to International day of Peace Observance with Kyung Hee University
UNHQ - 14 September 2011
Remarks to Auckland University
Auckland (New Zealand) - 06 September 2011
Remarks to the Third Global Model United Nations Conference
Incheon (Republic of Korea) - 11 August 2011
Remarks to General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Youth
General Assembly - 25 July 2011
Remarks on the election of the President of the Sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly
General Assembly - 22 June 2011
Remarks to the General Assembly after being elected for a second term
General Assembly - 21 June 2011
Remarks at the World Refugee Day Nansen Lecture [as prepared for delivery]
UNHQ - 20 June 2011
Address to the 79th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors
Baltimore (USA) - 17 June 2011
Remarks to the Parliament of Uruguay
Montevideo (Uruguay) - 15 June 2011
Remarks at Joint Training Centre for Peacekeeping Operations (CAECOPAZ) [as prepared for delivery]
Campo de Mayo (Argentina) - 14 June 2011
Address at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - "Argentina and the World"
Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 13 June 2011
Remarks to the Conference on Promoting the Global Instruments of Non-proliferation and Disarmament: The United Nations and the Nuclear Challenge [As delivered]
UNHQ - 31 May 2011
Remarks to the Second International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development
Geneva (Switzerland) - 11 May 2011
Remarks to the Global Summit of Women
Istanbul (Turkey) - 07 May 2011
Address at Sofia University
Sofia (Bulgaria) - 05 May 2011
Opening remarks at press conference with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of Bulgaria
Sofia (Bulgaria) - 05 May 2011
Remarks at roundtable on Gender Equality and Democracy [As delivered]
UNHQ - 04 May 2011
Remarks on World Press Freedom Day
UNHQ - 04 May 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter
UNHQ - 26 April 2011
Opening remarks at start of meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Moscow (Russian Federation) - 22 April 2011
Opening remarks at press conference with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
Moscow (Russian Federation) - 22 April 2011
Remarks at joint press conference with President of Hungary
Budapest (Hungary) - 18 April 2011
Address at Hungarian Academy of Sciences organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the UN Association of Hungary [as prepared for delivery]
Budapest (Hungary) - 18 April 2011
Remarks to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents: "Empowering Women to Change the World"
Philadelphia (USA) - 04 April 2011
Opening remarks at dedication ceremony for exhibit of petitions from "Mayors for Peace"
UNHQ - 24 March 2011
Speech at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre, entitled "Listening to the People: A Changing Arab world and the UN" [as prepared for delivery]
Cairo (Egypt) - 21 March 2011
Opening remarks at press conference at Al Sawy Culturewheel Centre in Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) - 21 March 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero Rodriguez
Madrid (Spain) - 18 March 2011
Remarks at meeting with regional leaders of Central America
Guatemala City (Guatemala) - 16 March 2011
Remarks at UNESCO event marking end of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures [as prepared for delivery]
UNHQ - 11 March 2011
Remarks to the Security Council on Somalia
Security Council - 10 March 2011
Remarks to the General Assembly on Libya
General Assembly - 01 March 2011
Comments at the Holocaust Museum
Washington, D.C. (USA) - 28 February 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter
UNHQ - 23 February 2011
Remarks to the Global Creative Forum Dinner (as prepared for delivery)
Los Angeles (USA) - 22 February 2011
Memorial Service for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
New York (USA) - 17 February 2011
Opening remarks to the press at stakeout
New York (USA) - 17 February 2011
Opening remarks to the press following Secretary-General's briefing of the Security Council
New York (USA) - 08 February 2011
Address to the Munich Security Conference
Munich (Germany) - 05 February 2011
Speech at Humboldt University
Berlin (Germany) - 04 February 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter following Secretary-General's meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
Berlin (Germany) - 04 February 2011
Opening remarks at press conference at IMO Headquarters
London (UK) - 03 February 2011
Opening remarks at press encounter after meeting U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron [unofficial transcript]
London (UK) - 02 February 2011
Cyril Foster Lecture at Oxford University: "Human Protection and the 21st Century United Nations"
Oxford (UK) - 02 February 2011
Opening remarks to the World Economic Forum plenary session on combating chronic disease
Davos (Switzerland) - 27 January 2011
Remarks to the General Assembly on 2011 Priorities
General Assembly - 14 January 2011
Opening remarks at UN Headquarters year-end press conference
UNHQ - 17 December 2010
Opening remarks at monthly press conference
UNHQ - 06 October 2010
Remarks to Security Council open debate on Countering Terrorism [as delivered]
Security Council - 27 September 2010
Address to the 65th General Assembly: "Pulling Together in Testing Times: Securing a Better Future for All"
General Assembly - 23 September 2010
Toast at lunch for Heads of State and Government
UNHQ - 23 September 2010
Opening remarks at press encounter upon return from Liechtenstein, Austria and Rwanda [unofficial transcript]
UNHQ - 09 September 2010
Opening remarks at press encounter with H.E. Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs [unofficial transcript]
Vienna (Austria) - 02 September 2010
Opening remarks at UN Headquarters press conference
UNHQ - 09 August 2010
Statement on the establishment of the Panel of Inquiry on the flotilla incident of 31 May 2010
UNHQ - 02 August 2010
Remarks at reception marking 40th Anniversary of the International Peace Institute (IPI)
UNHQ - 16 June 2010
Remarks to Sports for Peace Gala
Johannesburg (South Africa) - 08 June 2010
Opening remarks to the press
UNHQ - 02 June 2010
Remarks to the Third Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - 28 May 2010
Remarks to the United Nations Association of Canada [as prepared for delivery]
Ottawa (Canada) - 12 May 2010
Remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament "Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: The Power of Parliaments"
UNHQ - 06 May 2010
Address to the 2010 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
General Assembly - 03 May 2010
Remarks to the International Conference For a Nuclear- Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
New York (USA) - 01 May 2010
Remarks to the 2nd Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zones, and Mongolia
UNHQ - 30 April 2010
Remarks to the thematic debate of the UN General Assebly on Disarmament and World Security
UNHQ - 19 April 2010
Opening remarks at press encounter with Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs
Vienna (Austria) - 08 April 2010
Opening remarks at joint press encounter with the Federal Chancellor H.E. Werner Faymann of Austria
Vienna (Austria) - 08 April 2010
Briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Question of Palestine
Security Council - 24 March 2010
Remarks to the press before dinner hosted by President of Israel Shimon Peres
Jerusalem (Israel) - 20 March 2010
Opening remarks at press conference with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
Ramallah - 20 March 2010
Opening remarks at press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Moscow (Russian Federation) - 18 March 2010
Address at Moscow State Institute of International Relations [as prepared for delivery]
Moscow (Russian Federation) - 18 March 2010
Opening comments at monthly press conference
UNHQ - 16 March 2010
Remarks before meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
UNHQ - 12 March 2010
Bernard Brodie Lecture on Conditions for Peace at the University of California
Los Angeles (USA) - 02 March 2010
Remarks to opening of the "Reflective Mirror" exhibition
UNHQ - 22 February 2010
Remarks to the Security Council on Haiti and on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations
UNHQ - 13 January 2010
Remarks to the informal session of the General Assembly, "Agenda 2010"
General Assembly - 11 January 2010
Remarks on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People
UNHQ - 30 November 2009
Remarks to the National Commission of the Anti-Defamation League
New York (USA) - 29 October 2009
Opening remarks at monthly press conference
UNHQ - 28 October 2009
Keynote address to the XIII Olympic Congress
Copenhagen (Denmark) - 03 October 2009
Remarks at University of Copenhagen - The Road to Copenhagen: Meeting the Climate Challenge
Copenhagen (Denmark) - 03 October 2009
Opening comments at press conference
UNHQ - 29 September 2009
Remarks at UNRWA High-Level Meeting
UNHQ - 24 September 2009
Address to the 64th General Assembly: "Now Is Our Time"
General Assembly - 23 September 2009
Press conference opening statement
UNHQ - 17 September 2009
Opening address to the 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference - "For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!"
Mexico City (Mexico) - 09 September 2009
Speech to the High-Level Segment of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) - 15 July 2009
Address on UN peacekeeping
Dublin (Ireland) - 07 July 2009
Opening remarks at press Conference at the Meeting of the Middle East Quartet
Trieste (Italy) - 26 June 2009
Opening remarks at monthly press conference
UNHQ - 11 June 2009
Remarks to the Finnish Parliament
Helsinki (Finland) - 26 May 2009
Remarks to the Ministerial Meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 11 May 2009
Opening remarks at press conference
UNHQ - 05 May 2009
Remarks to the House of Representatives in Malta
Valletta (Malta) - 22 April 2009
Remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States
Doha (Qatar) - 30 March 2009
Opening remarks at press conference
UNHQ - 12 March 2009
Remarks to International Conference on the Palestinian Economy and Gaza Reconstruction
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) - 02 March 2009
Opening remarks at press conference
UNHQ - 10 February 2009
Address to Summit of the African Union
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - 02 February 2009
Remarks at Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, Park East Synagogue
New York (USA) - 24 January 2009
Statement to the Extraordinary Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement
UNHQ - 23 January 2009
Statement to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 21 January 2009
Opening remarks at press conference
Gaza - 20 January 2009
Remarks at press conference at Conference on Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Gaza
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) - 18 January 2009
Address to the Lebanese Parliament
Beirut (Lebanon) - 17 January 2009
Statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 06 January 2009
Opening comments at meeting with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab states and the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Libya
UNHQ - 05 January 2009
Statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 31 December 2008
Statement on continued escalation in and around Gaza
UNHQ - 29 December 2008
Opening remarks at Year-End Press Conference, The Responsibility to Deliver
UNHQ - 17 December 2008
Statement to the Security Council at the Ministerial-Level Meeting on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 16 December 2008
Remarks at concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
General Assembly - 15 December 2008
Press encounter following the U.S. election
UNHQ - 05 November 2008
Press encounter upon return from a four-nation visit to Asia
UNHQ - 03 November 2008
Address to the East-West Institute: "The United Nations and Security in a Nuclear-Weapon-Free world"
New York (USA) - 24 October 2008
Speech at the John F. Kennedy School of Government: Securing the Common Good in a Time of Global Crises
Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) - 21 October 2008
Remarks to seminar on UN-EU cooperation in Crisis Management and Security
UNHQ - 26 September 2008
Remarks to the Extraordinary Session of OPANAL, the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico City (Mexico) - 04 August 2008
Remarks at UNRWA Event Marking the Opening of Exhibition and Welcoming the Friends of UNRWA
UNHQ - 05 May 2008
Address at Moscow State University
Moscow (Russian Federation) - 10 April 2008
Remarks at open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 25 March 2008
Welcoming remarks to the Model United Nations Conference
General Assembly - 18 March 2008
Secretary-General's address to the 11th Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
Dakar (Senegal) - 13 March 2008
Statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East
Security Council - 01 March 2008
Remarks at the William Waldo Cameron Forum on Public Affairs at the George Bush Presidential Library
College Station (Texas, USA) - 29 February 2008
Remarks at the inauguration of the Alliance of Civilizations Forum
Madrid (Spain) - 15 January 2008
Statement to regional groups of Member States
UNHQ - 10 January 2008
Opening remarks at news conference
UNHQ - 07 January 2008
Speech at the international meeting on the Middle East
Annapolis (USA) - 27 November 2007
Briefing to an informal meeting of the General Assembly on key issues of interest to Member States
UNHQ - 21 November 2007
Address to the International Conference on Terrorism: Dimensions, Threats and Counter-Measures
Tunis (Tunisia) - 15 November 2007
Remarks to the Security Council on the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security
Security Council - 06 November 2007
Remarks to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009
UNHQ - 25 October 2007
Remarks at the United Nations Day concert
General Assembly - 24 October 2007
Remarks to the annual meeting of ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Non-Aligned Movement
UNHQ - 28 September 2007
Address to the 62nd General Assembly: "A Stronger UN for a Better World"
General Assembly - 25 September 2007
Remarks at the annual Peace Bell ceremony
UNHQ - 21 September 2007
Opening remarks at news conference, UN Headquarters
UNHQ - 18 September 2007
Address to the United Nations Association in Sudan
Khartoum (Sudan) - 03 September 2007
Opening remarks at news conference, UN Headquarters
UNHQ - 28 August 2007
Address at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
London (UK) - 11 July 2007
Remarks at wreath-laying ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
UNHQ - 29 May 2007
Address on the 50th Anniversary of the Korea Society
New York (USA) - 15 May 2007
Remarks to a Luncheon Hosted by the Friends of the World Federation of United Nations Associations
New York (USA) - 07 May 2007
Remarks at the foreign ministers' meeting on Iraq
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) - 04 May 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's address to the League of Arab States in Riyadh
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) - 28 March 2007
Remarks at the opening of the 2007 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
UNHQ - 27 February 2007
Remarks at the International Donor Conference on Reconstruction in Lebanon
Paris (France) - 25 January 2007
Address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C. (USA) - 16 January 2007
Remarks at Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security
Security Council - 08 January 2007
Acceptance speech on appointment as the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
General Assembly - 13 October 2006
