Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Health Day, to be observed on 7 April:

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

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

As the United Nations marks the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on 25 March, personnel of the Organization are still detained by Governments or in the hands of armed groups, according to the United Nations Staff Union.

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, to be observed on 25 March:

It is a pleasure to join you today and I thank the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan for organizing this event. I also commend Tajikistan for sponsoring the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation in the General Assembly, and for its longstanding leadership on water issues.

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks on World Down Syndrome Day, in New York, 21 March:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Down Syndrome Day, to be commemorated on 21 March 2012:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March: