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Activities of Secretary-General in Pakistan, 15 August

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Islamabad on the morning of 15 August, after a flight from New York and a brief overnight stop in Dubai. The Secretary-General was accompanied and briefed by Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the flight from Dubai and was met on arrival in Islamabad by Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other Pakistani officials, as well as members of the United Nations country team.

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Statement by Middle East Quartet

The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union):
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Secretary-General Calls for Intensified Global Efforts ‘to Nurture the Land We Need’ to Reach Development Goals, Ensure Human Well-Being, in Message to Brazil Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions on the launch of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, held in Fortaleza, Brazil, 16 August: