Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Youth Day, to be observed on 12 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in New York on 9 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Friendship, 30 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Day against Trafficking in Persons, to be observed on 30 July:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly informal plenary meeting on Nelson Mandela International Day, today in New York.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks today at the Nelson Mandela International Day Public Service Activity, in Ralph Bunche Park, New York:

The United Nations General Assembly will mark Nelson Mandela International Day with an informal meeting on Friday, 18 July, honouring the South African leader’s contributions to democracy, racial justice and reconciliation.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Nelson Mandela Day, to be observed on 18 July:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Population Day, observed on 11 July:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Cooperatives, to be observed on 5 July: