Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a press conference on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, held today, 24 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, to be observed on 2 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, on 16 November:

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Diabetes Day, observed 14 November:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Year of Biodiversity (2010), the initial celebrations for which begin today, 9 November 2009:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Year of Biodiversity, 2010, initial celebrations for which begin, today, 9 November 2009:

With more than 1 billion people hungry in the world for the first time in history, the challenges of food security demanded multilateral commitment, creativity and leadership, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this afternoon at a special ceremony to mark World Food Day.

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today at a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ceremony in the Economic and Social Chamber of United Nations Headquarters in New York to mark the recent observance of World Food Day 2009: