Latest Statements

05 December 2024

Valletta, Malta - Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of the 31st Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Chicago, United States of America - Secretary-General's message on the 80th Anniversary of the Convention on International Civil Aviation

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development [scroll down for French version]

04 December 2024

New York - Secretary-General's message to launch the 2025 Global Humanitarian Overview

03 December 2024

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

02 December 2024

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

Cairo, Egypt - Secretary-General's remarks to the Cairo Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response in Gaza [scroll down for Arabic]

01 December 2024

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

30 November 2024

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

29 November 2024

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

26 November 2024

Cascais, Portugal - Secretary-General's remarks at the opening session of the 10th United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English version]

Cascais, Portugal - Secretary-General's remarks at the High-level Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends [as delivered]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Lebanon and Israel

25 November 2024

Busan, Republic of Korea - Secretary-General's video message to the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution [scroll down for French version]

New Delhi, India - Secretary-General's video message to the International Cooperative Alliance Global Conference [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [scroll down for French version]

Siem Reap, Cambodia - Secretary-General's message to the Fifth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

23 November 2024

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the fifth session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of nuclear weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

New York - UN Secretary-General Statement on COP29

Hong Kong, SAR - Secretary-General's video message to the Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum [scroll down for Chinese version]

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)