Latest Statements

11 July 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on attacks in the Red Sea

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the 2025 United Nations Population Award Ceremony

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

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica [scroll down for French version]

09 July 2025

Dakar, Senegal - Secretary-General's message to the United Nations-Organization of Islamic Cooperation Conference on the Question of Jerusalem

08 July 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the Observance of the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica [as delivered]

07 July 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on floods in Texas

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Secretary-General's remarks to the 17th BRICS Summit Session on "Environment, COP 30 and Global Health" [as delivered]

06 July 2025

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Secretary-General's remarks at the 17th BRICS Summit Session on "Strengthening Multilateralism, Economic-Financial Affairs and Artificial Intelligence” [as delivered] 

05 July 2025

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

Praia, Cabo Verde - Secretary-General's remarks at the Evocation Ceremony Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Cabo Verde's Independence and 50th Anniversary of the Partnership with the United Nations [as delivered]

03 July 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

30 June 2025

Sevilla, Spain - Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening of the 4th Financing for Development Conference [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-Spanish and all-French]

Sevilla, Spain - UN Secretary-General's remarks at the launch of the Sevilla Platform for Action [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

Sevilla, Spain - Secretary-General's remarks at the International Business Forum at the Conference on Financing for Development [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

29 June 2025

Sevilla, Spain - Secretary-General's video message to the Civil Society Forum at the Fourth Financing for Development Conference

Porto, Portugal - Secretary-General's video message at the 32nd Annual Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

27 June 2025

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the Signing of a Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda [scroll down for French]

New York - Secretary-General's message on Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day [scroll down for French version]

26 June 2025

New York - Secretary-General’s remarks to the General Assembly on the Informal Plenary Meeting on the 80th Anniversary of the UN Charter [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)