Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks today, 28 May, at the wreath-laying ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

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

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

The eighth annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on 29 May — a particularly sombre occasion due to the heavy loss of life of peacekeepers in Haiti and elsewhere earlier this year. Since 29 May falls on Saturday this year, commemorative activities at United Nations Headquarters and many other United Nations offices around the world will be held on Friday, 28 May.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, to be observed on 17 May:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today, 29 April: