Latest Statements

25 February 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message to launch the Final Report of the High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary‑General - on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

24 February 2021

New York - Secretary-General's message marking Second Anniversary of Costa Rica National Decarbonization Plan

New York - Secretary-General's General Assembly Briefing on the Call to Action for Human Rights [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English version]

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

23 February 2021

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the presidential election in Niger [scroll down for French]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on addressing climate-related security risks to international peace and security through mitigation and resilience building [bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-english]

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

22 February 2021

Nairobi - Secretary-General's video message to the United Nations Environment Assembly

New York - Secretary-General's Message to the Opening of the 46th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - as delivered [scroll down for all English and French]

New York - Secretary-General's video message on the occasion of European Parliamentary Week

Geneva - Secretary-General's video message to Human Rights Council Panel on the Fight Against Racism and Discrimination 20 years after the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo [scroll down for French]

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the passing of Edward Luck

19 February 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to event marking the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement [as delivered]

New York - Transcript of remarks to UNA-USA’s Global Engagement Summit, marking the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement - with Q&A

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Munich Security Conference Segment on "Priorities for Global Action" [as delivered] [scroll down for French version]

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

18 February 2021

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to 2021 ECOSOC Meeting on “Reimagining Equality: Eliminating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination for All in the Decade of Action for the SDGs” [bilingual; as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's message to the Organizational meeting of the 2021 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)