ATTACKS ON PRESS FREEDOM ARE ATTACKS ‘AGAINST EVERYTHING UNITED NATIONS

STANDS FOR’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, CALLS FOR POLITICAL WILL, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT

TO REDUCE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON YOUNG PEOPLE

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week, 23-29 April 2007:

IN MESSAGE ON MINE AWARENESS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES

 

EXPERTS TO ELIMINATE IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS ON CIVILIANS

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD HEALTH DAY, STRESSES NEED

 

TO ENSURE ROBUST NATIONAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF SERVING ALL IN NEED

 

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Health Day, to be observed on 7 April:

LEGAL PROTECTION, STRONG COMMITMENT TO SECURITY ESSENTIAL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE MARKING DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SCALED UP ACTION TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS

 

IN MESSAGE MARKING WORLD TB DAY

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, observed on 24 March:

RACIST PRACTICES PERPETUATE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES, UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, STRESSES IMPORTANCE

 

OF INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MANAGING FRAGILE RESOURCE

 

Following is the text of 12 March of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March:

Observance of International

Women’s Day

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DESERVES DEADLY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT SPECIAL EVENT TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

 

BOLD, CREATIVE STEPS THE WAY TO GENDER PARITY, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

UNITED NATIONS MANAGERS IN REMARKS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY