Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to be here among so many champions against hunger, including the Hunger Heroes we honour this evening. Thank you for this opportunity to discuss how to usher in a future without hunger and malnutrition. This is absolutely possible in our world of…

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…

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,…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Committee of the Red Cross,…

The United Nations is still aiming for the Intra Syrian Talks to start in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday 25 January, but it is likely that this date will slip by a few days for practical reasons. The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will assess progress over the weekend. We hope…

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…

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…

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…

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…

[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…