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16 March 2015

SG/SM/16594-ECO/248

Secretary-General Applauds Japanese Global Compact Network for Promoting Resilience, Sustainable Development Efforts

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Japanese Global Compact Local Network, in Tokyo today:

16 March 2015

SG/A/1555-ORG/1598

Secretary-General Appoints Independent Panel of Experts to Examine, Assess New Information Related to Death of Late Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

On 29 December 2014, the General Assembly, in its resolution 69/246, requested the Secretary-General to appoint an independent panel of experts to examine and assess the probative value of new information related to the tragic death, in September 1961, of Dag Hammarskjöld and the members of the party accompanying him.

14 March 2015

SG/SM/16591-IHA/1355

Opening World Disaster Risk Reduction Conference, Secretary-General Hopes Outcomes Will Chart New Path for Sustainable Development

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in Sendai, Japan today:

14 March 2015

SG/SM/16592-IHA/1356

Secretary-General Says ‘Sustainability Starts in Sendai’, Opening High-Level Event at World Disaster Risk Reduction Conference

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations high-level event on “Uniting Nations, People and Action for Resilience”, in Sendai, Japan, today:

13 March 2015

DSG/SM/853-WOM/2030

Deputy Secretary-General, at New York Event, Urges Action to End Discrimination, Inequality by 2030, Stressing Societal Attitudes Still Stacked against Women

Following are the closing remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, as prepared for delivery, at the Commission on the Status of Women Intergenerational Dialogue on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, held in New York today:

13 March 2015

SEA/2013

Informal Consultations of States Parties to United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement to Be Held at United Nations Headquarters, 16-17 March

The eleventh round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement will be held at the United Nations on 16 and 17 March.

13 March 2015

SG/SM/16590-DEV/3166

Inclusive Economic Growth, Transparent Government Essential for Building Robust, Twenty-First Century Economies, Secretary-General Tells Egypt Conference

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Li Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to the Egypt Economic Development Conference, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 13 to 15 March:

13 March 2015

SC/11816

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Four Names to Its Sanctions List

On 13 March 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.