Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to be observed on 3 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed on 29 November:

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) photo exhibition, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to be observed on 25 November:

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s video message to the European Parliament on the occasion of World Toilet Day, today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s keynote address, as prepared for delivery, at the opening session of the event marking World Toilet Day, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Universal Children’s Day, 20 November: