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15 March 2016

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Secretary-General, at Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event, Urges Bold Action by Participants to Ensure Gender Equality

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event, in New York today:

15 March 2016

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Secretary-General, at Event Marking Tenth Anniversary of Human Right Council, Reiterates Call for Syria’s Referral to International Criminal Court

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council, “Are Human Rights under Assault?”, in New York today:

15 March 2016

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Secretary-General, at ‘Every Woman, Every Child’ Event, Urges Support for Strategy to Improve Female, Adolescent Health

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Every Woman, Every Child high-level event co-organized with UN-Women, in New York today:

15 March 2016

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Secretary-General Urges Parties to Seize ‘Rare Opening’ Created by Syrian Ceasefire, Negotiations for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict

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

14 March 2016

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Strongest Heroines Found in Toughest Conditions, Secretary-General Says, as Commission on Status of Women Begins Sixtieth Session

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:

14 March 2016

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Secretary-General Appoints Deborah Seward of United States Director of United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Deborah Seward of the United States as Director of the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels. She assumes her duties on 14 March.

13 March 2016

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Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Terrorist Bombing in Ankara, Turkey, Pledges Continuing Solidarity, Support of United Nations

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

13 March 2016

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Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Côte d’Ivoire, Reiterating United Nations Commitment to Stand with Country’s People

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

12 March 2016

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Secretary-General, Observing Lions Day at United Nations, Calls for Strong Start in 2016 to Implementation of Landmark 2015 Agreements

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon’s message, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the thirty-eighth annual Lions Day at the United Nations, in New York today:

11 March 2016

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Secretary-General Hails Adoption of Resolution 2272 (2016) as ‘Significant Step’ in Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation, Abuse by United Nations Peacekeepers

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