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Ban Ki-moon

United Nations Secretary-General.

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Speech by Ban Ki-moon at 70th UN General Assembly

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 28 September 2015

The 70th session of the General Assembly has opened with a towering achievement: the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, including 17 inspiring Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs.
Our aim is clear. Our mission is possible. And our destination is in our sights: an end to extreme poverty by 2030; (…)

Inaugural Speech by Ban Ki-moon at 69th UN General Assembly

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 24 September 2014

It is a great honour to welcome you to this renovated General Assembly Hall.
This great Hall is home to “we the peoples”. It has been restored, renewed and reinvented for the 21st century.
I thank all of you for making it possible.
The Capital Master Plan was not an easy project. But you, (…)

Remarks by Ban Ki-moon at the 68th UN General Assembly

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 24 September 2013

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Each year at this time, we come together - not to preserve the status quo, but to drive our world
forward.
This is an era of wondrous opportunity. Ours is the first (…)

UN Secretary-General’s Remarks to the High-Level Segment of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

by Ban Ki-moon

Tehran (Iran) | 30 August 2012

I thank our hosts for organizing this important Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement and I would like to pay tribute to Egypt as the outgoing chair of the last three years.
I am grateful for the hospitality of the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The recent earthquake (…)

Ban Ki Moon Statement to all parties of the conflict in Libya

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 11 August 2011

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by reports of the unacceptably large number of civilian casualties as a result of the conflict in Libya. He expresses his sincere sympathies and (…)

Security Council Briefing by Ban Ki-moon on Libya

by Ban Ki-moon

New York (USA) | 24 March 2011

I appreciate this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Libya and to discuss events in the wake of the Council’s adoption of resolution 1973 (2011).
At the Paris summit convened on 19 March by President Sarkozy, the international community called for an immediate (…)

UN Secretary-General’s Speech to the High-Level Segment of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit

by Ban Ki-moon

15 July 2009

Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) 15 July 2009
Your Excellency, President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak,
Your Excellency, President Raul Castro,
Distinguished heads of State and Government,
Honourable ministers, Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am extremely honoured to join you for this important (…)