Ban Ki-moon

A few weeks ago, traveling in Kazakhstan, I had the sobering experience of standing at Ground Zero. This was the…

Mother Earth–-our only home-–is under pressure. We are making progressively unreasonable demands on her, and she is showing the strain.…

For the first time in history, more people live in cities and towns than in rural areas. In a parallel…

Autism is a complex and inadequately understood disability with a wide range of manifestations. Children and adults with autism--and, indeed,…

Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected…

No country can afford to ignore the lessons of the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti. We cannot stop such disasters…

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and…

The theme of this year’s commemoration at UN offices around the world is the legacy of survival.Countless men, women and…

The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that we, as human beings, have always known: that even amid the…