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:

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:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, to be observed 6 November:

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.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on United Nations Day, 24 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Day concert, “A Tribute to UN Peacekeeping”, in New York Friday, 23 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Rural Women, observed today, 15 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Food Day, to be observed on 16 October:

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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October: