Latest Statements

30 October 2024

Cali, Colombia - Secretary-General's remarks at the Ministerial Breakfast on the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to end Plastic Pollution [as delivered]

29 October 2024

New York - Secretary-General's video message for Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance Annual Meeting

Cali, Colombia - Secretary-General's Remarks at the High-Level Segment of COP16 on Biodiversity [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

28 October 2024

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

New York - Statement of the Secretary-General on Israeli legislation on UNRWA

27 October 2024

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

26 October 2024

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Secretary-General's video message to the Donor Conference to Support Internally Displaced People and Refugees in Sahel and Lake Chad Region

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

24 October 2024

Kazan, Russian Federation - Secretary-General's remarks to the 16th BRICS Summit [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's video message to the Virtual Launch of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report

Paris, France - UN Secretary-General's video message to the International Conference in Support of Lebanon's People and Sovereignty [scroll down for French version]

23 October 2024

Lloret de Mar, Spain - Secretary-General's video message to the UN Inter-Agency Games

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on terrorist attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries’ facilities in Ankara

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

22 October 2024

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s Parliamentary elections

21 October 2024

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - UN Secretary-General's remarks at the inauguration of the renovated Africa Hall

20 October 2024

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

Cali, Colombia - Video message for the COP16 Opening Ceremony on Biodiversity

18 October 2024

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the report of the Eminent Person, Mohamed Chande Othman, concerning the investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld

17 October 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: “Ending social and institutional maltreatment: acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies” [scroll down for French version]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)