Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh, Minister of Planning, Imad Fakhoury, ladies and gentlemen of the press,

It is a great pleasure to visit Jordan again. Amman is really a city [that is] a centre of activities and diplomacy and I really thank you for all your strong support for the United Nations, working together with the United Nations.

Mr. Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mr. President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, citizens of Libya, As-salamu alaykum!

It is a great honour for me to be visiting at this historic time in Libya – a liberated and new Libya, together with the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. We are here together to send our strong support and admiration and respect for all your heroic struggles to achieve democracy and freedom.

I salute the brave people of Libya.

It is with deep emotion that I stand by the graveside of my predecessor to pay tribute to him 50 years after his death. I am honoured to do so before you, Mr Mayor, and before distinguished members of Dag Hammarskjöld's family.

Over the past few weeks, I have been honoured to participate in various commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of Hammarskjöld''s untimely passing. There have been eloquent speeches, stimulating discussions and insightful analyses of his leadership, legacy and achievements.

Mr. President, Distinguished Heads of State and Government,

Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,

Late next month, a child will be born ... the 7 billionth citizen of our planet Earth.

Let us assume this child is a girl. Most likely she will be poor. She may or may not grow up to be healthy and strong.

If she is especially lucky, she will be educated and go out into the world, full of hopes and dreams.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

You have seen my remarks to the General Assembly therefore I will be very brief. Let me reiterate three main points which I would like to tell you [about] at this time. Then I will be happy to answer your questions.

First: mutual trust is the bedrock of the UN's work, and I am humbled and deeply honoured to be asked to serve once again as Secretary-General.

In my remarks to the Member States, I emphasized the power of partnership.

General Assembly President [Joseph] Deiss,
Distinguished heads of State and government,
Honourable ministers,
Excellencies,
Eminent representatives of civil society and the private sector,

Thirty years ago, AIDS was terrifying, deadly and spreading fast.

Today, we have a chance to end this epidemic once and for all.

The story of how we got here was written by many of you. The governments, the medical community, the private sector and, above all, the activists who struggled against AIDS in their lives and around the world.

Foreign Minister [Nickolay] Mladenov,
Foreign ministers and distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you very much for your kind introduction and warm welcome.

Thank you, also, for your leadership and vision in organizing this very important gathering.

I am very much honoured to be among you – leaders, great thinkers, activists from Europe and around the world.

Your Excellency, President Victor Yanukovych,
Distinguished Heads of State and Government,
Distinguished Ministers,
Excellencies,
ladies and gentlemen,

I thank President Yanukovych for his vision in organizing this conference long before issues of nuclear safety made it back to the world's front pages.

Distinguished participants,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Twenty-five years ago, the explosion at Chernobyl cast a radioactive cloud over Europe and a shadow around the world.

President Gutmann,
Distinguished University Presidents,
Ladies and Gentlemen;

Good evening.

It is a great pleasure to be here, to be invited to talk about one of my top priorities, one of the UN's top priorities.

Let me start by expressing my appreciation to President Amy Gutmann for her contributions and leadership in addressing some of the most delicate challenges of our time - both in her individual capacity and as President of this important institution.

Distinguished representatives of Tunisia civil society,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me begin by saying what an honor it is to be here with you today.

Profound and dramatic changes are sweeping the Arab world.

And you, the brave people of Tunisia, have led the way.

You are the vanguard of the most epic events of the new century -- the revolutions of 2011.

The history of human progress is a history of struggle.

That struggle may be moral. It may be physical. It may be both, as it was here.