Press Releases

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan As-salamu alaykum. It is a great pleasure to meet with you today. This is my second visit to Uzbekistan as Secretary-General. I thank again His Excellency President Islam Karimov and the Government and…

Participants to the Libyan political dialogue meet with representatives of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU…

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and members of the facilitation team that joined and supported the dialogue between the Burundian parties, met today in Bujumbura with…

OSH, Kyrgyzstan Distinguished participants, I am pleased to address the representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s vibrant civil society. I am told the number of registered civil society organizations in this country runs into the…

OSH, Kyrgyzstan Today, we meet in a lively city. But five short years ago, Osh was the scene of tragic events that shocked Kyrgyzstan and the international community. I was in Kyrgyzstan in April 2010 and felt the rising…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Good Morning, salamatsyzdarby and dobry den. It is a great honor to address this International Conference on Parliamentarianism. As I do so, I recall my last visit to your magnificent country in April 2010…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Salamatsyzdarby. It is a great pleasure to be in the Kyrgyz Republic for my second visit as Secretary-General of the United Nations. I thank President [Almazbek] Atambaev, the Government and the people of…

Blue helmets from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) deployed in the west of the country, are most likely responsible for excessive use of force…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan It is a great honor and privilege for me to carry out two important events today - first of all, I was very much privileged to open this new, very excellent United Nations House. This should be our common…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan I am honored to address this Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, in the beautiful Palace of Peace and Reconciliation. Let me begin by recognizing the hospitality of His Excellency…