Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a World Autism Awareness Day event: “Delivering Answers through Inclusive International Collaboration”, in New York, 3 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, to be observed on 4 April:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 26 March, in New York:

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 for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, to be observed on 25 March:

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.

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