Latest Statements

22 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly marking the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the High-level Meeting on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English and All-French]

New York - Secretary-General's video message at the Opening of the Sustainable Development Goals' Media Zone

New York - Secretary-General's message in support of the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law on the Eve of the High-level Week of the 80th Session of the General Assembly

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the SDG Moment Event 2025 [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English and All-French]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-level International Conference for Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and Implementation of the Two-State Solution [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English, all-French, Arabic and Hebrew]

21 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Peace [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Global Africa Business Initiative: Unstoppable Africa 2025 [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the 64th Anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld [as delivered]

20 September 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Central African Republic [scroll down for French]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Sudan

19 September 2025

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General – the entry into force of the BBNJ agreement

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Commemoration of the UN@80: A Living Legacy [as delivered]

17 September 2025

Astana, Kazakhstan - Secretary-General's video message to the VIII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia [scroll down for Spanish version]

16 September 2025

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [scroll down for French version]

15 September 2025

Vienna, Austria - Secretary-General's message to the opening of the 69th Regular Session of the General Conference of the IAEA

Geneva, Switzerland - Secretary-General's message on the Entry into Force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Democracy [scroll down for French version]

13 September 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Haiti [scroll down for French]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)