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20 November 2009

SG/T/2707

Activities of Secretary-General in Italy, 15-17 November 2009

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Rome on Sunday afternoon, 15 November, to attend the World Food Security Summit.

20 November 2009

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Secretary-General Welcomes European Union’s Appointment of Its First President, High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy

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

20 November 2009

SG/SM/12620

Secretary-General, in Message to First Global Road Safety Conference, Says Meeting Long Overdue, Owing to Staggering Number of Deaths

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the first Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, in Moscow, delivered on 19 November by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva:

20 November 2009

SG/SM/12619-AFR/1910-DEV/2775

On Africa Industrialization Day, 20 Years Later, African Industrial Sector Still Not Lived Up to Potential, Says Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Industrialization Day panel on “Industrialization Strategies and Policies: A Key to Economic Transformation of Africa”, in New York, today, 20 November:

20 November 2009

SG/SM/12618-HR/5005

Secretary-General, on Children’s Convention’s Twentieth Anniversary, Says Treaty ‘Our Beacon, Our Template’, Its Influence Profound

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, today, 20 November, in New York:

20 November 2009

SG/SM/12617-GA/10892-ENV/DEV/1092

More Ambitious Agreement in Copenhagen Can More Quickly Be Codified in Treaty, Says Secretary-General to General Assembly Informal Meeting

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks to the Informal Meeting of the Plenary on Climate Change, in New York, on 19 November:

19 November 2009

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In Copenhagen, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting, Solid Foundation Will Be Laid for Progress, Binding Treaty Reached in 2010

Following is a text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly plenary on climate change, in New York today, 19 November: