Secretary General Statements (2013)

December

16th

Secretary-General’s remarks on the Final Report of the UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic

13th

Secretary-General’s remarks to the General Assembly on the Final Report of the UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic

12th

Secretary-General’s remarks upon receiving final report of the UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

November

23rd

Secretary-General Warmly Welcomes Geneva Agreement on the Nuclear Program of Iran

14th

Secretary-General’s Message to the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

1st

Message to the 69th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs

October

23rd

Message to the Future Policy Award Ceremony

September

27th

Secretary-General’s remarks at the Eighth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

26th

Secretary-General’s remarks to the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament

16th

In Message to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Secretary-General Expresses Continuing Deep Concern about Proliferation

5th

Secretary-General’s message to the Fourth Observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests

August

26th

Secretary-General’s remarks on Syria

Remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after speaking to Under-Secretary-General Angela Kane

25th

Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria

23rd

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria

22nd

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria

21st

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria

14th

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic

9th

Secretary-General’s message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki marking 68th anniversary of atomic bombing

7th

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

6th

Secretary-General’s message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

3rd

Message to the 8th General Conference of Mayors for Peace

July

8th

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria

June

3rd

Secretary-General’s remarks at a reception marking the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty for signature

Secretary-General’s remarks at special event marking the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty for signature

April

29th

Secretary-General meets with Dr. Åke Sellström, heading fact-finding mission on use of chemical weapons in Syria

26th

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, 29 April 2013

22nd

“There are no right hands that can handle these wrong weapons”, Secretary-General says of mass destruction weapons, at 1540 event, urging their total elimination

8th

Secretary-General Urges Review Conference on Chemical Weapons to Ensure “Fog of War” Will Never again Comprise Poison Gas

Secretary-General’s remarks at Joint Press Conference with Ahmet ÃœzÃ¼mcÃ¼, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

2nd

Arms Trade Treaty will generate “Much-Needed Momentum” for other global disarmament, non-proliferation efforts, Secretary-General says

March

28th

Secretary-General, “deeply disappointed” over failure to agree on Arms Trade Treaty, hopes continuing efforts will bring it into existence

18th

Victims of armed conflict, violence owed landmark accord, Secretary-General tells Final United Nations Conference on Arms Trade Treaty

14th

Ahead of UN Conference, Secretary-General says robust Arms Trade Treaty “only path” to more accountability and transparency in global conventional weapons trade

February

14th

Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

12th

Secretary-General Condemns Nuclear Weapon Test, Urging Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to “Reverse Course”, Work for De-nuclearization

January

22nd

Message to the Conference on Disarmament Delivered by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

18th

Advancing the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Agenda: Seeking Peace in an Over-armed World Presented at the Monterey Institute of International Studies

Message to the Turtle Bay Roundtable on Proliferation Challenges in a Globalized World Delivered by Ms. Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

8th

World without weapons of mass destruction requires committed efforts by all, Secretary-General says in video message to non-proliferation forum