Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day on 8 June, being observed under the theme “Ocean Sustainability: Together let’s ensure oceans can sustain us into the future”:

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

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

Following is 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:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks at the medal parade on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony in commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, in New York, 29 May:

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on Thursday, 29 May, marking the sixth successive year in which the Organization will honour more than 100 “blue helmets” who lost their lives the previous year while serving the cause of peace. Commemorative activities will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and at peacekeeping operations and offices around the world.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed 25 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, to be observed on 29 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May: