Latest Statements

17 May 2022

New York - Secretary-General's message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [scroll down for French version]

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [scroll down for French version]

Kigali, Rwanda - Secretary-General's video message for the Sustainable Energy For All Forum

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to ECOSOC Segment on Operational Activities for Development [as delivered]

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at Memorial for Madeleine Albright

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on disappearances in Mexico

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

16 May 2022

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

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

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Lebanon’s parliamentary elections

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

15 May 2022

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the killings in Buffalo, New York

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

13 May 2022

Vienna, Austria - Statement by the Secretary-General following the Spring session of the UN's Chief Executives Board meetings

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

Farhan Haq

11 May 2022

The Hague, Netherlands - Secretary-General's video message to the Pledging Event on the FSO SAFER

Castries, Saint Lucia - Secretary-General's video message to the Opening of the 2022 Regional Seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization, 11-13 May

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

10 May 2022

Athens, Greece - Secretary-General's video message to Caritas Europa Regional Conference

Málaga, Spain - Secretary-General's video message to the High-Level Conference on Human Rights, Civil Society and Counter-Terrorism

09 May 2022

Virtual - Secretary-General's video message to the High-Level Virtual Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative for Accelerated Implementation of the 2030 Agenda

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

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

08 May 2022

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

Ban Ki-moon (2007-2016)