Thank you for this opportunity to update the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. I thank His Excellency Henry Bellingham, United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, for chairing this meeting during his country’s presidency of the Council. I commend the leadership and...

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure and honour to address such a distinguished group of business community leaders. The private sector is a key partner for the United Nations. One lesson which I have learned in my five years as Secretary-General has been how important it is for...

Thank you, Mr. Foreign Minister, for your very kind words of welcome and hospitality. Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Salam Aleikum. It is a great honour and pleasure for me to visit Jordan at this crucially important juncture of the Middle East peace process. As I have just begun my second...

SG: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you. This is the first press conference of my second term. I'm glad to be with you today and look forward to building on our good relations with the UN press corps, and I count on your support. As you know, I just briefed...

I'm here on this day to pay respect to all victims, and particularly the families and Holocaust survivors. The United Nations is strongly committed to prevent any such horrible things that happened. [That should happen] never and ever again.

Thank you Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Council Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you, Ambassador Baso Sanqu, President of the Security Council, for organizing this important meeting.

Dear Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, Force Commander and UNIFIL Head of Mission, Dear officers, Dear men and women of UNIFIL, Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

Happy New Year to you all. I hope that the new year 2012 will bring to you and your family full of happiness, good health and prosperity and great success. And I am very pleased to see you at the beginning of this New Year. I am still remembering with fond memories this UNCA [UN Correspondents...

Your Excellency, General Assembly Vice-President Gary Quinlan, Excellencies, Chairman H.E. Tommo Monthe and distinguished delegates of the Fifth Committee Ladies and gentlemen, friends I am here to thank you all. I am here to thank you for your dedication, your flexibility and your hard work.

Your Excellency Dr. Maikibi Kadidiatou Dandobi, Minister of Population, Women's Promotion and Child Protection of Niger, Your Excellency, Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark, Excellencies, Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...

President Halonen, Distinguished panel members, I am very grateful for your hard work over the past 16 months. In particular I thank President Halonen and President Zuma for their leadership in guiding this Panel through to its conclusion. I – and many others – eagerly anticipate your final...