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GA/11083-ENV/DEV/1219

United Nations General Assembly to Debate Green Economy, Key Theme for Rio+20

To help promote a better understanding on the concept of the green economy — one of the biggest emerging issues as countries seek to promote economic development, poverty eradication and the protection of the environment — the United Nations General Assembly is convening a one-day thematic debate on Thursday, 2 June.
SG/T/2790

Activities of Secretary-General in Ethiopia, 24-25 May

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, from Abuja, Nigeria, in the evening of Tuesday, 24 May. That night, he had a working dinner with Tedros Ghebreyesus, Minister for Health of Ethiopia.

SG/T/2789

Activities of Secretary-General in Nigeria, 22-24 May

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abuja, Nigeria, from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in the afternoon of Sunday, 22 May. As soon as he arrived, the Secretary-General visited the Maitama General Hospital.

SG/T/2788

Activities of Secretary-General in Côte d’Ivoire, 21-22 May

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Côte d’Ivoire from New York, after a brief stopover in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday morning, 21 May. He landed in the capital, Yamoussoukro, to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Alassane Ouattara.

SG/SM/13607-GA/COL/3219

Secretary-General, in Message to Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization, Urges ‘Action-oriented Dialogue at All Levels’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Laura Vaccari, Chief of the Decolonization Unit in the Department of Political Affairs, to the Caribbean Regional Seminar on implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, today, 31 May 2011
SG/SM/13606-AFR/2188-OBV/1003

United Nations, African Union Must Support ‘Legitimate Aspirations of the People’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Special Event for Africa Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the special event on “Forging closer links between Africa and the Diaspora”, organized in New York by the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union, and delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the occasion of Africa Day 2011, today, 31 May: