Up to 70 per cent of women at some point in their lifetime experienced physical or sexual violence by men, most from someone they knew, which meant that men had a crucial role in ending such abuse -- as fathers, friends and decision-makers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a Headquarters press briefing, following the launch of a major initiative to engage politicians, activists, religious and community figures in that charge.
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Secretary-General: Press Conference
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Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 28 October 2009:
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Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 29 September:
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Following is a transcript of the joint press conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Denmark’s Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, held in New York today, 22 September:
“The near poor are becoming the new poor” as a result of the global financial crisis, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations said today at Headquarters, as she announced the development of the United Nations Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System, or “GIVAS”.
SG/SM/12458/Rev.1
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 17 September:
“The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are more than a set of targets – they are a solemn promise to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable,” United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today at a Headquarters press briefing to launch the 2009 report of the MDG Gap Task Force.
The upcoming United Nations Summit on Climate Change would be crucial in providing much-needed political momentum for negotiations on the issue as the deadline for an international deal loomed, Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team, said at Headquarters this afternoon.
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Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in Geneva, 3 September:
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Following is the transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's press conference held in New York today: