Governments, civil society and people around the world must stand up not only for freedom of the press but also for the public’s right to know, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a commemoration in advance of World Press Freedom Day, to be observed on 3 May. “People have a right to information that affects their lives,” he told the event, organized annually by the Department of Public Information.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the exhibit, “Malaria: Blood, Sweat and Tears”, on World Malaria Day, in New York, 21 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the special event to mark the International Year on the Rapprochement of Culture, in New York, today, 21 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Mother Earth Day on 22 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, 25 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for World Autism Awareness Day 2010, observed 2 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the World Autism Awareness Day Ministerial Conference and Civil Society Symposium in Tokyo, 2 April:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the sixteenth commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda, in New York, on 7 April:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Health Day 2010, “Urban Health Matters”, to be observed on 7 April: