Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Awareness Day, to be commemorated on 2 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed on 25 March:

As the United Nations marks the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on 25 March, 56 United Nations civilian personnel remain under arrest and/or detention by national authorities according to the Department of Safety and Security. In addition, four United Nations and associated personnel abducted by non-State actors remain in captivity.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s message for the International Day of Nowruz, observed today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on 25 March:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the special meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Nowruz, to be observed on 21 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Down Syndrome Day, to be observed on 21 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, observed 24 March: