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28 January 2014

SG/SM/15621

Secretary-General Urges Students at Cuba Medical School to Help Save Women from Death in Childbirth, Cure Preventable Children’s Diseases

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to students at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Havana today:

28 January 2014

SG/SM/15620

Secretary-General, at Regional Summit, Praises Efforts of Latin American and Caribbean States in Tackling Social Justice Issues

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the Second Community of Caribbean and Latin American States (CELAC) Summit in Havana today:

28 January 2014

SG/SM/15619

Secretary-General Hails Cuba for Training Medical ‘Miracle Workers’, Being on Frontlines of Global Health

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to officials at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina( ELAM) in Havana today:

28 January 2014

SG/SM/15618-DEV/3064

Secretary-General Voices Hope That Joint Western Mediterranean Water Strategy Succeeds in Promoting Cooperation, Preventing Conflicts

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the joint initiative “Strategy for Water in the Western Mediterranean”, organized by Algeria and Spain, today:

27 January 2014

SG/T/2940

Activities of Secretary-General in Switzerland, 21-24 January

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva on the morning of Tuesday, 21 January, after an overnight flight from New York.

27 January 2014

SG/SM/15617-WOM/1974

Secretary-General, Hailing Cuba’s Role in Fighting Violence against Women, Stresses Need to Place ‘Shame and Blame’ on Perpetrators, Not Victims

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Unite to End Violence against Women campaign in Havana, today:

27 January 2014

SG/SM/15616-OBV/1298

Latter-Day Tragedies Show ‘Poison of Genocide’ Still Flows, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day to Commemorate Holocaust Victims

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, observed today: