Key Priorities
Major Speeches
The historic adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals last month underscores a long-standing truth: there will be no peace without development, no development without peace, and neither without respect for human rights.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to General Assembly debate on peace operations, 12 October 2015
- Ban welcomes next phase of Haiti’s electoral process, set for Sunday
- Ban urges dialogue to ease tensions ahead of constitutional referendum in Republic of Congo
- In Jordan, Ban stresses responsibility of Arab leaders to ensure Middle East ‘crisis doesn’t get out control’
- Ban welcomes Korean family reunions, looks forward to more dialogue, exchanges








