Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message on the launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, 11 May:

Even though the media landscape had been transformed “beyond recognition” in the 20 years since the Windhoek Declaration on freedom of expression, it remained critical to defend that fundamental right, top United Nations officials said today during an observance of World Press Freedom Day.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at World Press Freedom Day observance in New York, 4 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, to be observed on 3 May:

Following is a joint message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Irina Bokova on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, to be observed on 3 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a reception to launch the “Champions to End Malaria” photo exhibition in New York, 25 April:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Breakfast in New York on 25 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, to be observed on 25 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Remembrance Day for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, to be observed on 29 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a panel discussion on “Solving the Autism Public Health Puzzle: Regional and International Collaboration”, in New York, 6 April: