Latest Statements

02 December 2021

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

New York - Secretary-General's video message to launch the 2022 Global Humanitarian Overview

01 December 2021

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

30 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare [scroll down for French version]

Madrid, Spain - Secretary-General's video message to the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO)

Budapest, Hungary - Secretary-General's video message to the Planet Budapest 2021 Sustainability Expo and Summit

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 and China

29 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Second Session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's Statement on travel restrictions related to COVID-19

Dakar, Senegal - Secretary-General's video message to the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation [bilingual follows; scroll down for all-English]

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

Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland - Secretary-General's video message to the 70th Anniversary of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Vienna, Austria - Secretary-General's video message to the Nineteenth Session of the UNIDO General Conference

27 November 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the trilateral meeting between the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General

26 November 2021

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

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General

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

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General

24 November 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message on the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

New York - Secretary-General's video message at event marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (25 November) [scroll down for French version]

Colombia - UN Secretary-General's remarks at Colombia's Peace Agreement's fifth year anniversary event [as delivered in Spanish]

23 November 2021

Antioquia, Colombia - Secretary-General's remarks at Llano Grande Reintegration Area in Colombia [as delivered in Spanish]

Statements on 02 December 2021

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)