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Peacebuilding Fund Receives Commitment of $73 Million for this Year

The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund expects to receive $73 million in contributions this year, after more than 20 donors earlier reaffirmed multi-year commitments and made new pledges at the fourth annual High-level Stakeholders Meeting of the Fund, held in New York today.
SG/T/2963

Activities of Secretary-General in Switzerland, 16-18 June

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, 16 June, having departed Bolivia the day before, with brief stopovers in Lima and Madrid.

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Activities of Secretary-General in Brazil and Bolivia, 12-15 June

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived late on Thursday, 12 June, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra directly from São Paolo, Brazil, where he attended the opening game of the 2014 Football World Cup at Itaquera Stadium. He travelled to Bolivia with President Evo Morales Ayma, who had also witnessed the opening match.