Press Releases

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan It is a great pleasure to meet you. Thank you for your taking the time. I am also very happy to visit this UNRCCA [United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia] office after…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Sizing Bilen Dushushýanyma Örän Shat (I am glad to be with all of you) Thank you for inviting me to the International University for Humanities and Development. I am grateful for this recognition. I…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Salam Aleikum. I would like to first of all thank His Excellency President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan for their warm welcome and hospitality. I want to congratulate the…

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…

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…

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…