ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS POVERTY,

 

SOCIAL EXCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION ALLOW CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY TO FESTER

 

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES PLEDGE

 

BY ALL TO ENSURE DISABLED PERSONS’ FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS PLAY INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN TACKLING VAST,

COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY

Following is the text of the message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for the commemorational of International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,

STRESSES NEED TO REVERSE GROWING DESPAIR OVER VANISHING STATEHOOD DREAM

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ACCESS TO SANITATION -- ONE OF MOST OVERLOOKED HUMAN NEEDS

 

-– IS CORE ISSUE OF HUMAN DIGNITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, ON LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SHOULD BE ACCORDED ‘DEADLY

 

SERIOUSNESS’, NOT JUST ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, 25 NOVEMBER, BUT EVERY DAY

 

Secretary-General, in message, stresses importance of science, technology in Africa’s

efforts to alleviate poverty, achieve sustainable industrial development

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

Secretary-General, in message for tolerance day, highlights cultural diversity,

 

free media as best tools in fight against growing threats to life of planet

 

use occasion to build better understanding of organization,

Secretary-General urges in message for United Nations day

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS RETURN OF MULTILATERALISM IN REMARKS

AT CONCERT TO CELEBRATE UNITED NATIONS DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Day concert in New York, today, 24 October: