Latest Statements

04 April 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [scroll down for French version]

13 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Townhall Meeting with Civil Society on the Occasion of the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women [as delivered]

11 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

10 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the Occasion of the Beginning of Ramadan [scroll down for Arabic version]

08 March 2024

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Observance of International Women's Day [as delivered]

15 December 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Virtual Closing of the Global Refugee Forum [as delivered]

07 December 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Transnational Organized Crime, Growing Challenges and New Threats [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

25 October 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Women, Peace and Security [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the High-level Pledging Event of Invest-in-Women Global Summit

11 October 2023

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

07 October 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the earthquake in Afghanistan

20 September 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council debate on "Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter through Effective Multilateralism: Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine"

19 September 2023

New York - Secretary-General's address to the General Assembly

17 July 2023

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on the Black Sea Initiative

04 July 2023

Port of Spain - UN Secretary-General's remarks to Shanghai Cooperation Organization [as delivered]

21 June 2023

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message at the Opening of ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment

23 May 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-French and all-English versions]

05 April 2023

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations

13 March 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Women's Civil Society Town Hall [as delivered]

06 March 2023

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Commission on the Status of Women [bilingual, as delivered, follows; scroll further down for all-English and all-French]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)