Latest Statements

05 December 2019

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at opening of the Comprehensive Midterm Review of the Vienna Programme of Action on Landlocked Developing Countries [as delivered]

Bali, Indonesia - Secretary-General's video message for the Bali Democracy Forum: "Democracy and Inclusivity"

Paris, France - Message pour le colloque de L'Institut Pierre Mauroy: "Pierre Mauroy et L'Internationale"

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

04 December 2019

New York - Secretary-General's video message to launch TED Climate Countdown

Launched simultaneously in Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, London and Washington D.C. - Secretary-General's video message to launch Global Humanitarian Overview 2020

03 December 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the appointment of the members of the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities [scroll down for French version]

02 December 2019

Madrid, Spain - Secretary-General's remarks at Climate Vulnerable Forum at COP25 [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at opening ceremony of UN Climate Change Conference COP25 [as delivered]

Madrid, Spain - Secretary-General's remarks to Roundtable with Heads of State & Government at COP25

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Burkina Faso [scroll down for French Version]

Rome, Italy - Secretary-General's message on the launch of the International Year of Plant Health

01 December 2019

New York - Secretary-General's message on World AIDS Day [scroll down for French version]

29 November 2019

Moscow, Russian Federation - Secretary-General's message to Moscow State Institute for International Relations on its 75th Anniversary

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

28 November 2019

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General on Iraq

26 November 2019

Berlin - Secretary-General's remarks to the Internet Governance Forum [as delivered]

25 November 2019

Oslo, Norway - Secretary-General's message to Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines

[Delivered by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs]

Lisbon, Portugal - Secretary-General's message to the Lisbon Forum

[Delivered by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations]