Thank you, President Kim, Distinguished panelists, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to join you today. I thank Professor Klaus Schwab and his team for bringing us together. Last year, I came to Davos seeking your support for an ambitious agenda to transform the global economy,…

Thank you very much. I am happy to be back in Switzerland. We just had a very meaningful session at the Annual Conference of Swiss International Cooperation. As I said in my speech, Switzerland is a very valuable Member State of the United Nations supporting the United Nations, the global values…

I would like to thank Prime Minister Duncan of Côte d'Ivoire and Prime Minister Dessalegn of Ethiopia and Distuingished Ministers of the United Kingdom and Netherlands. I also recognize Mr. Badr Jafaar. Just three days ago in Dubai we had a very successful launching the…

The United Nations office in Geneva is the second largest United Nations headquarters, only next to United Nations Headquarters in New York. Thank you for all your strong support to the United Nations, including your very generous support for the Strategic Heritage Project which will make this…

21 January, 2016 - The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the World Bank jointly announce their intention to form a new panel to mobilize urgent action towards the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation (SDG 6) and related targets. Sustainable Development…

[as delivered] Good afternoon – I just had a good meeting with the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and my Special Adviser, Mr. Espen Barth Eide. This was my first meeting with both leaders together. It was a very good oppor-tunity for…

Your Excellency, Ms. Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, Trustees Co-chairs Ms. Sheila Penrose, Chairman of the Board, JLL, USA, and Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup, USA, Mr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the…

The Secretary-General met today in Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. The Secretary-General and the Prime Minister exchanged views on the developments taking place in Turkey and in the region. The Secretary-…

Thank you very much for the chance to speak to you today. I especially appreciate Dr. David Nabarro, my Special Advisor on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo, for bringing us together. This is our chance to build on the…

Davos, 21 January 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child who will help provide leadership and inspire actions for women, children adolescents’ health as we transition from the Millennium…