Latest Statements

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]

New York - Secretary-General's message to Exhibition Honouring Women Delegates to the 1945 San Francisco Conference

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking [scroll down for French version]

25 June 2025

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the 20th Anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

Brussels, Belgium - Secretary-General's video message at the Gavi High-Level Pledging Event - Global Summit: Health and Prosperity Through Immunization

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

24 June 2025

Lillestrøm, Norway - Secretary-General's video message at the Opening of the 20th Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

23 June 2025

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

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the UN Charter Day Exhibition [as delivered]

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

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Terrorist Attack in Damascus

22 June 2025

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic [scroll down for French]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)