Latest Statements

29 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's video message for the International Day of UN Peacekeepers [scroll down for French version]

27 May 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Burkina Faso [Scroll down for French]

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

26 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage, Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award and Dag Hammerskjöld Medal Ceremony [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

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

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Opening Segment of the High-level Policy Dialogue of the Africa Dialogue Series 2022 [bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-English]

25 May 2022

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

24 May 2022

Newark - Secretary-General's remarks at the Seton Hall University commencement [as delivered]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

23 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance event: "Taking Action to Scale Up Investment for the SDGs" during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

22 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message for the 15th Anniversary of UNITAID

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

New York - Secretary-General's video message for the opening of the World Health Assembly

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

20 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the General Assembly: Tribute to the Memory of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Late President of the United Arab Emirates [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's video message for Timor-Leste's 20 Years of Independence and the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony [Portuguese only]

19 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the International Migration Review Forum [Bilingual, as delivered, follows; scroll down for all-English]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Conflict and Food Security [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

18 May 2022

Madrid, Spain - Secretary-General's message to the International Forum of Architects Affordable Housing Activation Forum, 18-20 May 2022 [scroll down for French version]

Jakarta, Indonesia - Secretary-General's message to the Sanitation and Water For All Sector Ministers' Meeting

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Global Food Security Call to Action Ministerial [as delivered]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)