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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

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

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; a life of peace and dignity for all.
What counts now is translating promises on paper into change on the ground.
We owe this and much more to the vulnerable, the oppressed, the displaced and the (...)

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

by Ban Ki-moon

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

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, the Member States, embraced the vision. You made the investment. Now we see the wonderful results: a state-of-the-art space in which we shall work together to improve the state of the world.
Please (...)

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

by Ban Ki-moon

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

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 generation that can wipe poverty from the face of the earth.
Yet the pressures on people and the planet are building: Youth without jobs. A warming climate. Unresolved conflicts.
Events are moving with (...)

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

by Ban Ki-moon

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

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 saddened us all. The United Nations stands ready to assist in any way.
Last month, I visited the Brijuni Islands in Croatia in what was once Yugoslavia. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jawaharlal Nehru and Josip Tito (...)

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

by Ban Ki-moon

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

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 solidarity with the Libyan people, in particular those who have lost loved ones in the recent attacks carried out in the country. The Secretary-General calls on all parties to exercise extreme caution in (...)

Security Council Briefing by Ban Ki-moon on Libya

by Ban Ki-moon

Security Council Briefing by Ban Ki-moon on Libya

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 ceasefire and agreed to undertake the necessary measures, pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011), to stop the brutal campaign of violence by the Libyan regime against its own people.
Resolution 1973 (2011) (...)

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

by Ban Ki-moon

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

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 Summit. President Mubarak has shown great international leadership over the years. I congratulate him on assuming the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement and look forward to working closely with you (...)

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