Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony for the International Day of Peace, in New York, 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the Student Conference on the International Day of Peace, in New York, 21 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Maritime Day, to be observed on 27 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tourism Day, to be observed on 27 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace, 21 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the United Nations Day of South-South Cooperation, to be observed on 12 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, to be observed on 16 September:

Despite a fragile moratorium on nuclear-weapons testing, the risks posed by such activities still loomed heavily over the international community, expert panellists said today as delegates and other participants gathered in observance of the international day devoted to bringing an end to testing. “Nuclear tests are a threat to human health and global stability,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Assembly in a video message.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the General Assembly observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, in New York on 6 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Literacy Day, observed on 8 September: