STATEMENTS

United Nations Secretary-General

• SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING REMARKS AT PRESS ENCOUNTER ON THE ADVISORY GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING - 13 July 2010
• SECRETARY-GENERAL FOCUSES ON CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, IN REMARKS TO CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT - 6 July 2010
• ONLY GLOBAL COOPERATION CAN PREVENT RUNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PEOPLE'S WORLD CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOTHER EARTH RIGHTS - 21 April 2010
• SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACCELERATING DISARMAMENT LIBERATES FUNDS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD INSECURITY, ATTAIN DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 19 April 2010
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, REMARKS TO "STATE OF THE PLANET 2010: CONNECTING VOICES GLOBALLY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY" - 25 March 2010
• 'GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION' NEEDED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LONDON SUMMIT MESSAGE - 19 March 2010
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) - 10 March 2010 
• SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 'MORAL IMPERATIVES', AS HE ANNOUNCES HIGH-LEVEL ADVISORY GROUP ON ISSUE - 12 February 2010
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, REMARKS TO THE UNFCCC COP 15 CLOSING PLENARY - 19 December 2009
• WE ARE ON CUSP OF HISTORY; FUTURE BEGINS TODAY IN COPENHAGEN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN OPENING REMARKS TO HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - 15 December 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 27 November 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING REMARKS TO INFORMAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 19 November 2009
• 'OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS; IT IS UP TO YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PRE-COPENHAGEN MEETING, URGING CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL - 16 November 2009
• 'YOU CAN - AND DO - INSPIRE PEOPLE TO CHANGE,' SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, ENCOURAGING SUMMIT OF RELIGIOUS, SECULAR LEADERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO 'MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD' - 3 November 2009
• INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY VITAL TO CONFRONTING THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY GENERAL TELLS INTERNATION TELECOMMUNICATION UNION EVENT - 5 October 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY STATEMENT - 3 September 2009
• UNITED NATIONS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, HARD-HIT BY CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL - 26 September 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT EVENT ON WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP, CALLS FOR ACTION TO GIVE THEM GREATER SAY IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE - 24 September 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO LEADERSHIP FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESSES THAT LONG-TERM PRICE OF INACTION FAR OUTWEIGHS SHORT-TERM COST OF ACTION - 22 September 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD LEADERS AT SUMMITS CLOSING 'OPPORTUNITY, RESPONSIBILITY TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE IS IN YOUR HANDS' - 22 September 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT OPENING CEREMONY FOR 'CLIMATE WEEK NYC' [AT NEW YORK CITY LIBRARY] - 21 September, 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEECH TO WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE 3 - 3 September 2009
• SECRETARY GENERAL, OPENING REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER ADDRESSING WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE 3 - 03  September 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, REMARKS AT THE ARCTIC POLAR ICE RIM (NORWAY) - 01 September 2009
• 'We Can Catch Two Birds -- Climate Change and Economic Growth -- with One Stone'; Prosperity Will Come to Those Who Take Low-Carbon Path, Says Secretary-General - 17 August 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES CHINA’S POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS DURING LAUNCH OF ‘GREEN LIGHTS’ PROGRAMME - 24 July 2009
• ‘TIME FOR DELAYS AND HALF-MEASURES IS OVER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING G-8 CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS ‘NOT SUFFICIENT’, BUT FOOD SECURITY PLEDGE WELCOME - 9 July 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT, HAILS REGION’S LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE, APPROACH TO NARCO-TRAFFICKING - 2 July 2009
• ASIAN, PACIFIC COUNTRIES MUST BE PART OF LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL MEETING - 16 June 2009
• LINKING HYOGO FRAMEWORK WITH COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT CAN LEAD TO ‘TRIPLE WIN’ OVER POVERTY, DISASTERS, CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS RISK REDUCTION TALKS - 16 June 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMENDS AUTHORS FOR INSIGHTS INTO WAYS TO REDUCE ASSOCIATED RISKS - 14 May 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS MALTA FOR TAKING ‘LEADING ROLE FROM THE START’ IN FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, AS HE ACCEPTS HONORARY DEGREE IN VALLETTA - 22 April 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT UNVEILING OF CLIMATE CHANGE MONUMENT, HAILS MALTA’S ROLE IN KEEPING CLIMATE CHANGE HIGH ON GLOBAL POLITICAL AGENDA - 21 April 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH BENEFITS TO HELP TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD INSECURITY - 16 April 2009
• IN MESSAGE TO ADDIS ABABA ASSEMBLY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PARLIAMENTARIANS HAVE ‘CRUCIAL ROLE’ IN GRAPPLING WITH GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE - 5 April 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PRINCE OF WALES’ RAINFOREST PROJECT RECALLS NEED FOR LOFTY PRINCIPLES TO BE TETHERED TO PRACTICAL WORKS TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE - 1 April 2009
• ‘EARTH HOUR’ CLEAR MESSAGE FROM CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ‘THEY WANT ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE - 30 March 2009
• WORLD CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE, UNDERESTIMATE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING LEADERSHIP AWARD IN NEW DELHI - 5 February 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN DAVOS, ENCOURAGES GLOBAL ADVERTISING GIANTS TO HELP SHAPE CLIMATE CHANGE MESSAGE, GET WORD OUT, BUILD GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE NOW - 29 January 2009
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, SPELLS OUT CHALLENGES, LAYS OUT VISION OF PATH FROM PRESENT PARALYSIS TO EQUITABLE FUTURE PROSPERITY - 11 December 2008
• ‘URGENT CHALLENGE’ FOR ASIA -– TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HONG KONG MEETING - 2 December 2008
• SUMMARY OF DOHA HIGH-LEVEL INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS FOR DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, MULTILATERALISM - 1 December 2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE SYMPOSIUM, URGES REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO RAISE STANDING BY PLAYING GREATER ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL MITIGATION EFFORTS - 20 November 2008
• WORLD MUST NOT ALLOW CURRENT DIFFICULTIES TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS OR PUT OFF DOING WHAT MUST BE DONE TO DECISIVELY CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL - 7 November 2008
• CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ANTI-FEMALE VIOLENCE COMPOUND ALREADY HEAVY BURDEN WOMEN BEAR, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS LEADERS’ CONFERENCE - 31 October 2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL CRISIS, URGES EUROPEAN UNION NOT TO LET IT HAMPER MOMENTUM OF BRUSSELS LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 17 October 2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON MINISTERS TO CHAMPION RISK REDUCTION AS CORE ELEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, IMPLEMENT SUCH POLICIES AS FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE - 29 September 2008
• DELAY IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE COURTS DISASTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS IN REMARKS TO EVENT HOSTED BY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL - 25 September 2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - 24 September 2008