Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Day Concert, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Empire State Building lighting ceremony, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the informal meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the ratification of the Charter of the United Nations, in New York today:

NEW YORK, 20 October (United Nations Statistics Division) — Today, statistical offices, universities, international organizations, the private sector and statisticians worldwide join the Statistics Division in celebrating the second Word Statistics Day, promoting the invaluable importance of data in the uplifting of lives:  “Better data. Better lives.”

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening ceremony for World Food Day, in Milan today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Food Day, 16 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Rural Women, observed on 15 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October: