"I welcome the chorus of voices calling for an end to the violence that affects an estimated one in three women in her lifetime", the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
"There are now more than 45 million refugees and internally displaced people - the highest level in nearly 20 years", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
"United Nations peacekeeping is increasingly called on to deploy multi-dimensional operations to help countries transition from conflict to peace", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.