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NGO/703-PI/1953

As DPI/NGO Conference Opens in Australia, Secretary-General Says Advancing Global Health Essential to Development Goals, Civil Society Essential to Global Health

“Advancing global health is essential to the Millennium Development Goals, and you are essential to advancing global health,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via video message, thanking the 1,200 non-governmental organizations representatives in attendance at the sixty-third annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Note No. 6273

UN Commemorates First International Day against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General Says: ‘We Must Each Do Our Part to Build a Safer, More Secure World Today’

Twenty-nine August 2010 will mark the first observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests. The Day is meant to galvanize the efforts of the United Nations, Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, youth networks and media in informing, educating and advocating the necessity of banning nuclear tests to achieve a safer world.
SG/SM/13073-DC/3258

Secretary-General, in Message, Says Kazakhstan’s Closed Nuclear Weapon Test Site Now Powerful Symbol of Hope, Tells Us ‘World Free of Nuclear Weapons Achievable’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message to the High-Level Thematic Conference on the International Day against Nuclear Tests, delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, in Astana, 26 August: