SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES RECORD-HIGH DEPLOYMENT AS HE HONOURS FALLEN HEROES

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA DAY, URGES STRONGER INSTITUTIONAL

PROMOTION OF PEACE, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May:

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS TO BE MARKED ON 29 MAY

Demand for ‘Blue Helmets’ at All-Time High

Secretary-General urges policies, technologies to ‘connect young people’,

 

create truly open, inclusive information society, in world day message

 

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

SOCIETY MUST HELP FAMILIES IN ENSURING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ENJOY FULL RIGHTS,

 

DIGNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Families, observed on 15 May:

Committee on Information

World Press Freedom Day Commemoration

JOURNALISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETS OF VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

 

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: