President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. receives former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a courtesy call at Malacañan Palace on November 11, 2025. During their meeting, the President expresses his profound gratitude to the former UN Secretary-General for his continued advocacy and leadership in promoting climate resilience and sustainability, especially in vulnerable countries like the Philippines. For his part, Ban Ki-moon expresses hope that the Philippines will recover quickly a

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined us at the Rotary Convention and shared that "Rotary’s Polio Plus has helped to avert massive suffering. Some 16 million people who otherwise would have been paralyzed by polio can walk now. Around a million and a half children are alive today thanks to Polio Plus. I thank you for such a great contribution." | Rotary International