Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, to be observed on 17 June:

The Department of Public information partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to organize an international videoconference on 2 June to mark World Environment Day, which focused on youth action for the “Seal the Deal” campaign in preparation for the Copenhagen meeting on climate change in December, and on student action to save the environment.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Oceans Day, observed 8 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awards Ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, New York, 29 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in New York, Friday, 29 May:

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be marked on 29 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York, as well as its peacekeeping missions and offices around the world, with a special focus on women peacekeepers, as the United Nations tries to move towards gender equity in its ranks.

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

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

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peacekeepers, on 29 May: