Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Widows’ Day, observed on 23 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Albinism Awareness Day, observed on 13 June:

People born with albinism can live normal, healthy and productive lives given the right opportunities — but, tragically, far too many suffer isolation, mutilation and even death because of persistent discrimination and ignorance surrounding their condition.  International Albinism Awareness Day offers an opportunity to dispel the myths that surround these individuals and enable them to exercise their inalienable human rights.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to be observed 15 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening ceremony of the High-Level International Conference on the Implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” (2005-2015), in Dushanbe today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day, observed 8 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day of Vesak, today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, observed 31 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, observed on 5 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today: