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24 April 2013

SG/SM/14976

No Greater Gift than Healthy Start in Life, Secretary-General Says, But Millions of Children Denied Right to Healthy Future Because They Lack Simple Vaccination

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Roberto Valent, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Belize, on a World Vaccination Week Event in that country organized by the Pan American Health Organization, 24 April:

24 April 2013

SG/SM/14975-EN/281

Secretary-General to Energy Finance Summit: ‘We Need to Scale Up Our Efforts and Our Ambition; the Climate Clock is Ticking’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit, in New York, 24 April:

24 April 2013

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New Permanent Representative of Portugal Presents Credentials

The new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, Alvaro José de Mendonça e Moura, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 April.

24 April 2013

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New Permanent Representative of India Presents Credentials

The new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Asoke Kumar Mukerji, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 16 April.

24 April 2013

BIO/4462

New Permanent Representative of Bahamas Presents Credentials

The new Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations, Eugene Glenwood Newry, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon on 16 April.

23 April 2013

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Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., 18-19 April

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 18 April, on a two-day visit, where he met with Chuck Hagel, United States Secretary of Defense, and participated in the spring meetings hosted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

23 April 2013

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With $3 Billion Annual Shortfall in Controlling Malaria, Secretary-General Says Replenishing Global Fund Should be Priority to Prevent Resurgence

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Malaria Day, 25 April:

23 April 2013

SG/SM/14973

Secretary-General Condemns Attack on French Embassy in Libya

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

23 April 2013

SG/SM/14972-ENV/DEV/1356

Secretary-General, in Message, Commends Forum for Focus on Next-Generation Transport Systems — Key Building Block for Sustainable Development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seventh Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia and the Global Consultation on Transport in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in Bali, 23 April:

23 April 2013

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Secretary-General, in Message on Urban Sustainability, Says Local Leaders Needed to Ensure Better Lives for Growing Numbers Who Live in World’s Cities

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Jorge Chediek, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Brazil, to the Meeting of the Frente Nacionalde Prefeitos (National Association of Mayors), in Brasilia, 23 April:

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